Past and Current Projects

Here you will find a short repository of our previous work experience and current projects in the following areas:

• River Itchen
• River Test
• River Avon

 

River Itchen

Fairoak Drainage Culvert The work we undertook here consisted of placement of faggots to create a soft bank as a wildlife corridor for threatened local species such as watervoles, otters as well as a variety of plants, insects and birds.

 

Fulling Mill The river-bank around the house had started to collapse, faggots were put in-stream to create protection and to preserve the natural wild feel to the river. This was then infilled with brushwood and planted with a variety of wetland plants.

 

 

River Test

Upper Test The fishery had been neglected with a loss of in-stream plant cover, low flows and excessive siltation of spawning beds. This was rectified by narrowing the river promoting growth of ranunculus and scouring silt downstream. This also created more habitat and cover for insects, fish, voles, otters and fishermen.
Before river narrowing	6 months later

Here we see the effects of the eroded over-widened riverbank leading to an increase of silt in-stream which suffocates the in-stream macrophytes and spawning gravel, which in turn creates a habitat bottleneck for brown trout.

The eroded riverbank

4 weeks later, after installation of faggots creating new bank and island

 

River Avon

We have worked on projects at Upavon using faggots to narrow riverbanks and create new riverine habitats in conjunction with local riverkeeper and landowner.

(Pictures to follow shortly)

 

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