White-clawed crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) inspected before release at am ARK site safe from introduced Signal crayfish, Gloucestershire, UK.

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John Field, Andrew Stringer and a GWT volunteer inspecting White-clawed crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) caught in a well-stocked stream to check their size, sex and health ahead of translocation to an ARK site, safe from Signal crayfish and Crayfish plague, October 2018.

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Size: 7360px × 4912px
Location: Gloucestershire, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: Yes

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