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<p>RuthHawksley: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=52.12887260013673, 0.06715393275953829<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=Complete<br /> |Themes=Habitat and biodiversity, Hydromorphology<br /> |Country=England<br /> |Main contact forename=Ruth<br /> |Main contact surname=Hawksley<br /> |Main contact id=RuthHawksley<br /> |Contact organisation=Wildlife Trust for Cambridgeshire<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.wildlifebcn.org<br /> |Partner organisations=South Cambs DC, Environment Agency<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=HofferMesh.JPG<br /> |Picture description=Plastic mesh base for gravel<br /> |Project summary=River restoration including use of plastic mesh to stabilise silt bed before bed raising with gravel. Creation of point bars, bank reprofiling and rebuilding and fencing were also part of the project.<br /> |Monitoring surveys and results=Invertebrate monitoring prior to work found only worms and leeches. Freshwater shrimp and blackfly larvae colonised very rapidly and a few months later mayfly larvae, caddis larvae and water beetles were also present. <br /> |Lessons learn=So far the mesh is working well, and unlikely to fail for a long time. It will be interested to revisit in 10 or 20 years to see what happens to the new gravel bed. Invertebrates colonised the new habitat quickly and it is hoped that trout will spawn there one day.<br /> <br /> Cattle drinks were created with a gravel bed and fencing - in hindsight more gravel in each would have been better.<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site<br /> |Name=Hoffer Brook<br /> |WFD water body code= GB105033038120 <br /> |WFD (national) typology=Low, Small, Calcareous<br /> |WFD water body name=Rhee<br /> |Heavily modified water body=Yes<br /> |Protected species present=No<br /> |Invasive species present=No<br /> }}<br /> {{Project background<br /> |Project started=2013/02/01<br /> |Project completed=2014/05/01<br /> }}<br /> {{Motivations<br /> |Specific mitigation=Impoundments (not hydropower), <br /> |Hydromorphological quality elements=Low flows, historic dredging, poaching by cattle, <br /> }}<br /> {{Measures<br /> |Bank and bed modifications measure=Bed lowering at impoundment and bed raising with gravel (and mesh), bank reprofiling and repair, sensitive desilt, livestock fencing, tree work, installation of cattle drinks, <br /> }}<br /> {{Hydromorphological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Biological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Physico-chemical quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Other responses header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents end}}<br /> {{Additional Documents}}<br /> {{Additional Documents end}}<br /> {{Additional links and references header}}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

RuthHawksley https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:Hoffer_Brook&diff=36739 2016-03-02T10:09:47Z

<p>RuthHawksley: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=52.12887260013673, 0.06715393275953829<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=Complete<br /> |Themes=Habitat and biodiversity, Hydromorphology<br /> |Country=England<br /> |Main contact forename=Ruth<br /> |Main contact surname=Hawksley<br /> |Main contact id=RuthHawksley<br /> |Contact organisation=Wildlife Trust for Cambridgeshire<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.wildlifebcn.org<br /> |Partner organisations=South Cambs DC, Environment Agency<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=HofferMesh.JPG<br /> |Picture description=Plastic mesh base for gravel<br /> |Project summary=River restoration including use of plastic mesh to stabilise silt bed before bed raising with gravel. Creation of point bars, bank reprofiling and rebuilding and fencing were also part of the project.<br /> |Monitoring surveys and results=Invertebrate monitoring prior to work found only worms and leeches. Freshwater shrimp and blackfly larvae colonised very rapidly and a few months later mayfly larvae, caddis larvae and water beetles were also present. <br /> |Lessons learn=So far the mesh is working well, and unlikely to fail for a long time. It will be interested to revisit in 10 or 20 years to see what happens to the new gravel bed. Invertebrates colonised the new habitat quickly and it is hoped that trout will spawn there one day.<br /> <br /> Cattle drinks were created with a gravel bed and fencing - in hindsight more gravel in each would have been better.<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site<br /> |Name=Hoffer Brook<br /> |WFD water body code= GB105033038120 <br /> |WFD (national) typology=Low, Small, Calcareous<br /> |WFD water body name=Rhee<br /> |Heavily modified water body=Yes<br /> |Protected species present=No<br /> |Invasive species present=No<br /> }}<br /> {{Project background<br /> |Project started=2013/02/01<br /> |Project completed=2014/05/01<br /> }}<br /> {{Motivations<br /> |Specific mitigation=Impoundments (not hydropower), <br /> |Hydromorphological quality elements=Low flows, historic dredging, poaching by cattle, <br /> }}<br /> {{Measures}}<br /> {{Hydromorphological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Biological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Physico-chemical quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Other responses header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents end}}<br /> {{Additional Documents}}<br /> {{Additional Documents end}}<br /> {{Additional links and references header}}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

RuthHawksley https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:Hoffer_Brook&diff=36738 2016-03-02T10:06:21Z

<p>RuthHawksley: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=52.12887260013673, 0.06715393275953829<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=Complete<br /> |Themes=Habitat and biodiversity, Hydromorphology<br /> |Country=England<br /> |Main contact forename=Ruth<br /> |Main contact surname=Hawksley<br /> |Main contact id=RuthHawksley<br /> |Contact organisation=Wildlife Trust for Cambridgeshire<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.wildlifebcn.org<br /> |Partner organisations=South Cambs DC, Environment Agency<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=HofferMesh.JPG<br /> |Picture description=Plastic mesh base for gravel<br /> |Project summary=River restoration including use of plastic mesh to stabilise silt bed before bed raising with gravel. Creation of point bars, bank reprofiling and rebuilding and fencing were also part of the project.<br /> |Monitoring surveys and results=Invertebrate monitoring prior to work found only worms and leeches. Freshwater shrimp and blackfly larvae colonised very rapidly and a few months later mayfly larvae, caddis larvae and water beetles were also present. <br /> |Lessons learn=So far the mesh is working well, and unlikely to fail for a long time. It will be interested to revisit in 10 or 20 years to see what happens to the new gravel bed. Invertebrates colonised the new habitat quickly and it is hoped that trout will spawn there one day.<br /> <br /> Cattle drinks were created with a gravel bed and fencing - in hindsight more gravel in each would have been better.<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site<br /> |Name=Hoffer Brook<br /> |WFD water body code= GB105033038120 <br /> |WFD (national) typology=Low, Small, Calcareous<br /> |WFD water body name=Rhee<br /> |Heavily modified water body=Yes<br /> |Protected species present=No<br /> |Invasive species present=No<br /> }}<br /> {{Project background<br /> |Project started=2013/02/01<br /> |Project completed=2014/05/01<br /> }}<br /> {{Motivations}}<br /> {{Measures}}<br /> {{Hydromorphological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Biological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Physico-chemical quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Other responses header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents end}}<br /> {{Additional Documents}}<br /> {{Additional Documents end}}<br /> {{Additional links and references header}}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

RuthHawksley https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:Hoffer_Brook&diff=36737 2016-03-02T10:03:10Z

<p>RuthHawksley: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=52.12887260013673, 0.06715393275953829<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=Complete<br /> |Themes=Habitat and biodiversity, Hydromorphology<br /> |Country=England<br /> |Main contact forename=Ruth<br /> |Main contact surname=Hawksley<br /> |Main contact id=RuthHawksley<br /> |Contact organisation=Wildlife Trust for Cambridgeshire<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.wildlifebcn.org<br /> |Partner organisations=South Cambs DC, Environment Agency<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=HofferMesh.JPG<br /> |Picture description=Plastic mesh base for gravel<br /> |Project summary=River restoration including use of plastic mesh to stabilise silt bed before bed raising with gravel. Creation of point bars, bank reprofiling and rebuilding and fencing were also part of the project.<br /> |Monitoring surveys and results=Invertebrate monitoring prior to work found only worms and leeches. Freshwater shrimp and blackfly larvae colonised very rapidly and a few months later mayfly larvae, caddis larvae and water beetles were also present. <br /> |Lessons learn=So far the mesh is working well, and unlikely to fail for a long time. It will be interested to revisit in 10 or 20 years to see what happens to the new gravel bed. Invertebrates colonised the new habitat quickly and it is hoped that trout will spawn there one day.<br /> <br /> Cattle drinks were created with a gravel bed and fencing - in hindsight more gravel in each would have been better.<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site<br /> |Name=Hoffer Brook<br /> |WFD water body code= GB105033038120 <br /> |WFD (national) typology=Low, Small, Calcareous<br /> |WFD water body name=Rhee<br /> |Heavily modified water body=Yes<br /> |Protected species present=No<br /> |Invasive species present=No<br /> }}<br /> {{Project background}}<br /> {{Motivations}}<br /> {{Measures}}<br /> {{Hydromorphological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Biological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Physico-chemical quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Other responses header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents end}}<br /> {{Additional Documents}}<br /> {{Additional Documents end}}<br /> {{Additional links and references header}}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

RuthHawksley https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:Hoffer_Brook&diff=33930 2015-02-12T15:35:55Z

<p>RuthHawksley: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=52.12887260013673, 0.06715393275953829<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=Complete<br /> |Themes=Habitat and biodiversity, Hydromorphology<br /> |Country=England<br /> |Main contact forename=Ruth<br /> |Main contact surname=Hawksley<br /> |Main contact id=RuthHawksley<br /> |Contact organisation=Wildlife Trust for Cambridgeshire<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.wildlifebcn.org<br /> |Partner organisations=South Cambs DC, Environment Agency<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=HofferMesh.JPG<br /> |Picture description=Plastic mesh base for gravel<br /> |Project summary=River restoration including use of plastic mesh to stabilise silt bed before bed raising with gravel. Creation of point bars, bank reprofiling and rebuilding and fencing were also part of the project.<br /> |Monitoring surveys and results=Invertebrate monitoring prior to work found only worms and leeches. Freshwater shrimp and blackfly larvae colonised very rapidly and a few months later mayfly larvae, caddis larvae and water beetles were also present. <br /> |Lessons learn=So far the mesh is working well, and unlikely to fail for a long time. It will be interested to revisit in 10 or 20 years to see what happens to the new gravel bed. Invertebrates colonised the new habitat quickly and it is hoped that trout will spawn there one day.<br /> <br /> Cattle drinks were created with a gravel bed and fencing - in hindsight more gravel in each would have been better.<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background}}<br /> {{Motivations}}<br /> {{Measures}}<br /> {{Hydromorphological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Biological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Physico-chemical quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Other responses header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents end}}<br /> {{Additional Documents}}<br /> {{Additional Documents end}}<br /> {{Additional links and references header}}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

RuthHawksley https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=File:HofferMesh.JPG&diff=33929 2015-02-12T15:28:08Z

<p>RuthHawksley: Placing plastic mesh as a base for gravel.</p> <hr /> <div>Placing plastic mesh as a base for gravel.</div>

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