ATLANTIC SALMON - Salmo salar

In Autumn, Salmon travel from the Atlantic into the River Ribble and swim to the upper reaches to spawn, Stainforth Force is one of the best places to see them leaping up the falls. The life cycle of a Salmon spans around eight years, they hatch in the upper reaches where they spend the first few years of their life before swimming downstream to live their prime years in the Atlantic, often venturing as far north as Greenland.

They then return to their original hatchery to breed and most likely die as they do not feed well in freshwater. The Ribble Salmon enter and exit at the river's Estuary into the Irish Sea on the West coast.

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