A biodeversity study in the making

[karohemd]

Chesterton Lake (i.e. the waterlogged field between our office building and the river) is currently populated by a screaming flock of seagulls. I wonder how long it's going to take until they will actually find something to eat there? Will newts, frogs and other critters migrate to the lake? When will the first fish appear?
I think I'll bring my camera tomorrow and take a few shots. :o)

Comments

[nannyo.livejournal.com]

wherever people are, there is food for gulls. Chips, crisps, things from bins... worms and anything else are a bonus. They don't even need it to be that near, the centre of cambridge, and binns along the river will be close enough.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm aware of that. I'm just waiting for the gulls to start diving for tasty critters. :o)

[nannyo.livejournal.com]

Could be ages though, cos they're mostly scavengy now. Snails and worms though might be around soon, if it isn't too cold. No frogs until things have warmed up a bit. Fish will take ages and AGES, and probably only if the river floods into it directly.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

*nods* I guess the field will dry up well before that happens. Unless, of course, the rain keeps up...

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

They'll go down Milton tip when the dustbin lorries have finished unloading, anyway.

Oh Noes!

[the-magician.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure what they eat ... newts sounds unlikely though ...

Re: Oh Noes!

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

LOL!

[wknoxwalker.livejournal.com]

I bike past the lake every day, I think - it's near the new flats, right?

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Yes, where the new Riverside Bridge is.

[wknoxwalker.livejournal.com]

I worry about those flats! They're only just built and already falling into the river...

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

The very first block is on stilts so should be OK but there car park is probably flooded just like ours. I brought the camera so I'm going to take some photos at lunchtime. No point doing it out of the window as they are dirty.
Besides, anyone stupid enough to buy a property built on a flood plane deserves what they get.

[the-elyan.livejournal.com]

Yes. I walked across the Ri8verside Bridge at lunchtime, and was quite taken with your new water-feature.