Concern over Loch Ness low water levels amid UK dry spell

Fishery board reports shrinkage in size of River Ness as water scarcity alert issued for parts of Scotland

Concern has been raised about the water levels of Loch Ness and the River Ness amid the protracted dry spell affecting Scotland and the rest of the UK.

Brian Shaw, the director of Ness District Salmon Fishery Board, said there had been a “dramatic shrinkage in the size of the River Ness”. He told the BBC: “These conditions are not normally good for angling.