Wildlife of the river Thames – one of the busiest rivers, with a global city built around it

If you look at this image, or indeed the start of Eastenders, with its view from the air, you would think that the river can host no wildlife at all – but it still does, and could get better.

Throughout time, much has been dropped or thrown into the river. From a giant statue of Michael Jackson, to a 16th century sword recently found, to (less appealingly) it having been used as an open sewer for a very long time.

Never the less, this is a river, and has the capacity to support much life other than humans. Also, despite how much rubbish is pumped into the rive, it is much improved from several decades ago, and as such much wildlife has started to return.

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