Framwellgate Fish Counter Traditional Geocache
Framwellgate Fish Counter
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Black Magnetic Nano placed on Lambton Walk (just off Framwellgate
Bridge). Aimed at cacher’s who are on a gentle stroll around
the river, or who are in town and fancy making a quick grab!
Bring some bread to feed the ducks!
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Two weirs impede the flow of the River Wear at Durham, both
originally created for industrial activities. The Old Fulling Mill
is now an archaeological museum. The second weir on the site of a
former ford now includes the Framwellgate Fish Counter.
It is located approximately 20km upstream of the tidal limit. It is
a resistivity type, whereby objects passing over an electrode
disturb an electric field enabling the counter to detect the number
and direction of travel of the fish.
It is used by the environment agency to detail upstream counts of
returning adult salmon and sea trout.
Considering that 138,000 fish have been counted migrating upriver
since 1994, it may not be surprising that a family of cormorants
live on this weir, and can frequently be watched stretching their
wings in an attempt to cool off after feeding.
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(Decrypt)
[Exact Location]: Vg'f nggnpurq gb gur frng - gur bar juvpu vf abg arkg gb n ova. Yrsg unaq fvqr jura snpvat gur jnyy.