american crayfish

[housewife]

Hi could anyone tell me which rivers, ponds, etc., in the north west you can find american crayfish we were told about in river in hyde cheshire but when we looked we could not find any

[N0z]

Hey im not sure i can tell you specific rivers but they are everywhere! takes a while to see them but you go out a night with a torch and you will see crayfish! and i guarentee they will be signal crayfish :/

[The Woodman]

Hi Housewife and welcome to WAB.

There have been many questioned about crayfish on here and much good advice given.

Further to N0z's post, I'm guessing you live some where in the NW as you asked about the Hyde area, there are other species of crayfish at large in our waters. For example the Turkish narrow-clawed and our own native and threatened White-clawed crayfish (the other name used for this species is the Atlantic stream crayfish). The NW holds a significant population of the legally protected White-clawed crayfish and depending where you look you in the NW you might find them. Signal crayfish can be found in most of the waters in south Lancs, Gt Manchester and Cheshire.

Without getting too deep at this moment, you might like to look at the Environment Agency's website here....
Environment Agency - Crayfish

also all waters fishing rights are owned so permission in whatever form to take Signal crayfish will be required.

You can find the other threads about the subject by typing "crayfish" into the Google search box on the main home screen.