Planning officer Clare Bull said: “White-clawed crayfish are very rare in Worcestershire and the Careys and Whippets brook, which are close to the site - the catchments are among the last known ...
However, they are highly sensitive to pollution and habitat destruction. Any decline in water quality or disruption to their environment can harm both the snake and the crayfish they depend on.
“We would want to see that no crayfish habitat is destroyed, or that it is compensated for. This includes cobbles and boulders instream as well as woody vegetation and root systems in the brook ...
The Environment Agency is working with partners to secure the future of an internationally-important population of native white clawed crayfish in the River Wansbeck. Did you know with an ad-lite ...
Brits have already been warned about the danger it imposes to our wildlife. The small river creature is known as the American signal crayfish, which was brought over to the UK in fish farms in the 70s ...