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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
David Barnett

‘Shocking and sad’: photographer’s project reveals wildlife lost to pollution in Yorkshire’s River Wharfe

A stretch of the River Wharfe, near Bolton Abbey, in the Yorkshire Dales, flows between wooded banks.
The River Wharfe, near Bolton Abbey, in the Yorkshire Dales. Photograph: Mark Barrow

Five years ago, when Mark Barrow started his project to film along the 65-mile River Wharfe in Yorkshire, he captured footage of majestic shoals of grayling, the fish known as “the Lady of the Stream”, some 200 or 300 strong.

Recently, Barrow returned to the same spot, near the historic Harewood House on the outskirts of Leeds, to reshoot some video because he wasn’t happy with the quality of his earlier attempt.

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