Thousands of River Lampreys trapped below Limerick weir
The photo gallery below shows River Lampreys Lampetra fluviatilis trying to pass Annacotty weir on River Mulkear, Co Limerick, during late-March 2017. This is in the Lower River Shannon SAC…
Category: River Mulkear
Lamprey surveys, Lower River Shannon, 2015
This post provides links to videos we posted to our YouTube channel this year of migratory lampreys spawning in the Lower River Shannon Special Area of Conservation. These are some…
Sea lampreys spawning in the Lower River Shannon SAC
We are currently undertaking a survey of lamprey populations in the Lower River Shannon Special Area of Conservation, and the sea lamprey spawning season is now under way. We recorded…
River lampreys spawning on the River Mulkear
River Lamprey Lampetra fluviatilis is listed on Annexes II and V of the EU Habitats Directive and Appendix III of the Bern Convention. It is found only in western Europe, and Irish populations are considered…
Sea lampreys spawning on the River Mulkear
We took these photos earlier this season of sea lampreys spawning in the River Mulkear, Co Limerick. This is still the main site for sea lampreys spawning in the River…
Further comment on Mulkear LIFE’s ‘lamprey pass’
Although Mulkear Life have claimed to have designed a pass suitable for lampreys on the River Mulkear, they have not produced any conclusive scientific evidence that this pass provides any significant…
Mulkear Life’s Lamprey Pass – where is the evidence that it works?
As part of the Mulkear Life project (www.MulkearLife.com), a ramp pass was installed on a weir at Annacotty on the Lower River Mulkear for the purpose of allowing sea lampreys…
