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Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

I saw this guy in the New River, on the stretch behind Wightman Road. Do lobsters live in viaducts usually? I was surpsised to see him/her pottering along.

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I think it's a crayfish, I don't think lobsters are freshwater inhabitants

I was thinking that... my knowledge of the animal kingdom is notorioulsy poor. 

Still, it was a surpsrise to see on my afternoon stroll.

Hehe! It's a great spot, hopefully means the water is relatively clean too!

You used to be able to get a licence to catch them on the New River. Think it was stopped for some reason or another though.

It must have been very recent then. Paul from Harringay Local and I both got one. 

I have vague memories that it was to do with pollution levels or something. Only a temporary stoppage.

...ahem.....to which I've responded....tum....dee....dah...tum....dee....dee.......ahem

I applied about a year ago and was refused, on the grounds of pollution levels making the things unsafe to eat.

Loads in the Winchmore Hill stretch....or were.

It's a Signal Crayfish I suspect, an import from the US:

https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/canal-and-river-...

As far as I remember, they did some repairs to the banks of the New River section by the (currently closed) path into Finsbury Park a few years ago, due to the damage done by these crayfish.

More on this in Harringay here.

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