| Re: Floods in Cumbria
Heard yesterday that a small bridge on a single track road over the River Crake has fallen. Bouthrey Bridge crosses the river at the foot of Coniston Water. There was a Daubentons Bat roost and an Otter holt in the structure.
Ther is so much land under water I've been wondering how small mammal populations will fare and the knock on effect to Barn Owls and all the other predators. Field Voles must be taking a hit. Of course, this pales into insignificance to what humans are suffering in some parts.
The Leven peaked at 2.54 metres last week, a "big normal" flood is around 1.4 metres at the hydrometry station. |