[turracoo]

whilst out on the don today i found what appeared to be a lamprey under a rock,never seen the likes on the don before,is this common?are they common? it was about 5inch long sucker mouth,and circular teeth,also it had what looked like gills seven holes each side,also a hole on top of its head?

                                                                                 
cheers Chris

                                                                                   

[Rossco]

lamprey are quite common on the dee, i found one quarter eaten by an otter which would have easy been 4lbs in weight so i wouldnt be suprized if they were in the don as well

[Sandy Nelson]

Chris

The small freshwater lamprey's are very common on the Don
I've never seen the migratory ones though (they may be the same but i think they may be seperate species)
I also believe they are a good indicator of clean water

Sandy

[Jay Scott]

Didn't Diverdave's underwater videos from the Dee show some Lampreys some large ones if i recall? 

Cheers,

Jay

[Rob Brownfield]

Brook Lamprey, there but very rare, River Lamprey, common, Sea Lamprey, drop off at the estuary.

Got that from that talk I went to by the Dee Trust

[turracoo]

I have a few photo,s of it taken with my phone camera,i,ll try and get them on to the site

[Hamish Young]

Very interested to see anything you've got on the Lamprey Chris - very interested 

Hamish 

[Mike Barrio]

Here are Chris's photos









Best wishes
Mike

[Sandy Nelson]

Chris

How did you take the pictures with the phone lying on the ground
 

Little devil looks just like the ones i remember

Sandy

[turracoo]

Hi sandy
            Hoped u liked the photo,s not the best i know,my phone was playin up so i just threw it on the ground as u can see,
            Jason managed to come to the rescue with his mobile and it was all     after that

            Does anyone know the type of lamprey this is?
     
             
            Chris
       
       

[Dave Mundie]

       Does anyone know the type of lamprey this is?
     
             
            Chris
       
       

Brook Lamprey 
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.streamlife.org.uk/images/gallery/copyrighted/l_Brook_Lamprey.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.streamlife.org.uk/resources/gallery/copyrighted/&h=399&w=600&sz=55&hl=en&start=59&tbnid=uXCy9lZe0ZCNSM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dlamprey%26start%3D40%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1B3GGGL_enGB236GB236%26sa%3DN

[Rob Brownfield]

River Lamps tend to be very silver down there sides when they first enter freshwater, much like eels and Salmon, then colour up the longer they are there. The Brooks I have seen have been very mottled with olive and beige colours, very pretty as well.

Hard to tell from that picture but its deffo a Lamp

[Sandy Nelson]

Dave

looks like a good match to me

Sandy

[Ross]

I remember a few years back, walking through the ugie at Aden as a kid (Why oh why?), we'd go hunting for these...the river is teeming with em..especially in the sandy areas!

River and Brook types were both found