Thousands of fish join newly-created lake "refuge" in Peterborough to boost the area's ecology

Nene Park Trust, which runs the site, shared the news about the restocking of fish at one of the lakes.

A Trust spokesperson said: “We have fin-tastic news to share. The Environment Agency were on site in Ferry Meadows on Tuesday, January 13, restocking fish.

“Working with a team from the Peterborough & District Angling Association, around 5,000 skimmer Bream were released near our newly-created fish refuge area in Gunwade Lake.

"The fish have come from Calverton Fish Farm and were funded by fishing rod licence money.”

They added: “This project will help with the recovery of fish stocks in the lakes and wider catchment, as well as benefit the wider ecology of the area.”

In the next few weeks, 10,000 more fish are scheduled to be added to the River Nene, with bream, chub roach and barbel being introduced near Water Newton.

The spokesperson added: “Thank you to everyone involved. O-fish-ally a job well done