Concerns raised after more fish found dead following heavy thunderstorms
Concerns continue to be raised over wildlife safety after more than 400 dead fish were pulled from another pool following the recent thunderstorms.
The fish, which are said to have died from lack of oxygen, were found in Heath Pool at Mary Stevens Park, Stourbridge, following the heavy rain, heatwave and thunderstorm last weekend.
The discovery comes after thousands of fish deaths were reported across the West Midlands, with fish carcasses being pulled from public pools in Wolverhampton and Staffordshire.
James O'Sullivan, 47, from Dudley, who took the images of the fish at Mary Stevens Park, said: "It's a park that I walk around daily, I walk around at half six in the morning normally. It was a bit of shock, it was yesterday that I saw the smaller fish and today that I saw the bigger ones.
"I know there is a film on the water, they say it is an algae bloom. It's a shame really that the council won't invest in something more capable of protecting wildlife. There were brownies in the park yesterday that saw the fish, it's traumatising really."
