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Good news for Father Thames
PETER FROST takes a stroll alongside the Thames to see what manner of beasts are sharing the river with us
Harbour and grey seals in Thames estuary
Once derided by Farage as a ‘fraud,’ Jenrick has defected to Reform, bringing experience and political ruthlessness to the populist right — and raising the unsettling prospect of a Farage-led movement with a seasoned operative pulling the strings, says ANDREW MURRAY
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SHARKS, seahorses, eels and seals are all keeping well and living in the River Thames, a recent study has found.
It’s a huge and gratifying change from back in 1957 when much to everyone’s embarrassment England’s most famous river was officially declared “biologically dead.”
Now the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), along with many other groups, has produced The State of the Thames Report. This timely and comprehensive report highlights huge changes in the river since 1957.
The Thames has seen an increase in its range of birds, marine mammals and natural habitats since the major survey of 1990s. Sharks have made the headlines since the report discovered various shark species including tope, starry smooth hound and spurdog sharks living in the Thames.
Strangely the number of fish species found in the tidal areas of the Thames has actually showed a slight decline although the expert authors of the report were unable to establish why.
Further research is needed to determine the cause of this small reduction. There are still more than 100 fish species in the river, including sea horses along with 92 species of birds.
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