Baby Creature Found in Uk River for the ‘First Time in Over 200 Years.’ See It

While surveying a river in the central United Kingdom, conservationists noticed a small aquatic creature. It probably didn’t look like much to the average observer, but it turned out to be a first-of-its-kind sighting in “over 200 years.”

Volunteers and staff with the Don Catchment Rivers Trust recently conducted an electrofishing survey of the River Don in Sheffield as part of their ongoing monitoring efforts, the charity said in an Aug. 18 news release.

Among their catch, the team noticed a baby fish and identified it as a young Atlantic salmon, or parr, the organization said. A photo shows the olive green fish.