Hi all – I was out on the  bicycle this afternoon and, cycling alongside a small stream in Niederhöchstadt, was astounded to see hundreds of dead fish – from the very small  2 or 3 cm long to the quite large – 20 cm long. They were about 100 of them – small babies and larger adults.  

 I felt really sad – such a sight was not something I am used to seeing – I believe they were rainbow trout – silver fish with a line of pink/red circles running along their bodies. It was so sad.

I asked some locals who lived there – and they hadn’t even noticed.

Was this a case of lack of oxygen as the back dried up? Or perhaps something more sinister – somebody dumping stuff in the river that they shouldn’t?

Who can tell me?