Canal crisis by pattyblue

Canal crisis

Last week on the canal I took this shot of a lily while watching dragonflies and bees flitting around. The water was full of life with fish and bugs and the wildflowers were in full bloom.

Yesterday came the news that sodium cyanide had been spilled into the canal near Walsall causing devastation to all canal life in a twelve mile radius. The lock gates have been closed at four points to stop the contaminated water going into local rivers.

The fish have all died and I imagine the water plants will too and the authorities have stopped anyone going on the canal or even walking the towpaths in this exclusion zone until they can remove the poison.

My patch is about 16 miles from the spill so I’m keeping my fingers crossed that the contamination won’t reach this far.

I’m gutted at this blow for nature as these city canals are valuable urban wildlife corridors.
Such devasting news
August 14th, 2024  
Beautiful. Yes, horrid news. Hope they can rectify it promptly and avoid more wildlife deaths.
August 14th, 2024  
Absolutely gorgeous!
August 14th, 2024  
The lily is stunning, but what devastating news.
August 15th, 2024  
A beautiful water lily. The chemical spill sounds awful. I hate to read of wildlife dying because of the mistakes of humans.
August 15th, 2024  
Gorgeous capture and reflections. Oh what a horrific narrative, I hope you will be ok on your patch.
August 15th, 2024  
Beautiful capture. What awful news!
August 15th, 2024  
Lovely pic.
I read about the spill, hopefully it's all cleared soon.
August 15th, 2024  
This is absolutely heartbreaking. Luckily I believe the authorities knew about the spillage fairly soon after it happened, and have hopefully contained the worst of it.
Your photo is stunning and the reflections are perfect. Fav
August 15th, 2024  
When I saw the report on the news I did wonder if it was on a canal that you knew. It is indeed a sad event. I love your shot of the water lily and its reflection - fav!

Ian
August 15th, 2024  
Soo pretty, lovely capture and pov
August 15th, 2024  
Beautiful fv!
August 16th, 2024  
Beautiful capture! Fav.
August 17th, 2024  
So beautiful!
September 11th, 2024  
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