Great visit at the Water Innovation Network farm walk today. Took the kids out when we got back to check what we could find in one of our burns. And delighted with what we found! Every category covered: mayfly, cased caddis, shrimp, beetles, caseless caddis, leeches, worms...
I had always assumed the burn was quite polluted with septic tanks and slurry and dad has said there used to be trout in it but not been seen for years. So to get all of the above a bit of a surprise. We're not as bad as we thought! Next plan is to look at whats preventing fish access as seems there is plenty to eat.
That's fantastic - all the 'Gold Star' species.