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<p>T.PRECIOUS: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Approved<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=52.41198476244753, -1.5586734842509031<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=In progress<br /> |Themes=Fisheries, Flood risk management, Habitat and biodiversity, Hydromorphology, Social benefits, Water quality, Urban<br /> |Country=England<br /> |Main contact forename=Tim<br /> |Main contact surname=Precious<br /> |Main contact id=TimPrecious<br /> |Contact organisation=Warwickshire Wildlife Trust<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.warwickshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=DJI 0013.JPG<br /> |Project summary=This river enhancement project is working to reconnect the river once more with its floodplain and to create associated wetland features that have been removed or lost from the River Sherbourne. <br /> <br /> The project has created multiple online backwater refuge pools to provide fish and water vole with areas of slack water and cover in times of high flow. Regrading of 4 inside meander banks has been undertaken to improve the hydromorphology of this over deepened and channelised river by increasing gravel deposition, light levels and ultimately macrophytic growth. These outcomes will provide: increased spawning area for fish, increased habitat for invertebrates e.g mayfly, increased cover for fish from predation and cover and food for water vole. <br /> <br /> The pools aid in improving water quality by assisting in the drop out of pollutants which are washed from the busy A45 road in times of heavy rainfall. <br /> <br /> The online pools provide some additional flood risk reduction downstream by holding back water in times of above average flows. <br /> <br /> Lowland meadow will be created on excavated soil bunds and a 200m wetland meadow buffer strip is establishing alongside the brook after being stripped of topsoil and sown with a seed mix in Spring 2016.<br /> <br /> Woody debris installed at multiple points with Wild Trout Trust during volunteer days. These deflectors will assist in creating deeper pools for fish to hold up in during average and below average flows. They also provide riffles downstream of deeper pools increasing spawning area for fish. <br /> |Monitoring surveys and results=Fixed point photography. <br /> Invertebrate samples at bank regrading points and woody debris installations before works and 2 years after works. <br /> Botanical survey of site before works and 2 years after works. <br /> Short film documenting enhancement techniques and volunteer involvement.<br /> |Lessons learn=Start a monitoring plan with help from River Restoration Centre early on in project planning. Set aside sufficient funds to carry on monitoring such as invertebrate sampling and flora surveys for several years.<br /> Agree with Council several months before scheduled works if path closure is necessary as this can be very costly.<br /> Forming partnerships with Council and EA greatly assists in smooth running of project and maximises gains.<br /> Completing excavation works in early spring (February/March) allows for quick regeneration of vegetation after disturbance and an ideal time to plant any plug plants/trees or sow seed mixture. <br /> <br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=DJI 0012.JPG<br /> }}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=DJI 0022.JPG<br /> }}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=G0010066.JPG<br /> }}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=G0010005.JPG<br /> }}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=East pool mid-dig.jpg<br /> }}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=West pool 1.JPG<br /> }}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=West pool 2.JPG<br /> }}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=GOPR1410.JPG<br /> }}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=G0031110.JPG<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment<br /> |Subcatchment=R Sherbourne - source to conf R Sowe<br /> }}<br /> {{Site<br /> |Name=Buckingham Rise Amenity Green Space<br /> |WFD water body code=GB109054044620<br /> |WFD water body name=Sherbourne - source to conf R Sowe<br /> |Heavily modified water body=Yes<br /> |Protected species present=No<br /> |Invasive species present=Yes<br /> |Species=Water Vole, stone loach, kingfisher, <br /> |Dominant substrate=Clay, Gravel, <br /> |River corridor land use=Urban, Grassland, Broadleaf/mixed woodland (semi natural), <br /> |Average bankfull channel width category=Less than 2 m<br /> |Average bankfull channel depth category=0.5 - 2 m<br /> }}<br /> {{Project background<br /> |Reach length directly affected=400<br /> |Project started=2014/10/01<br /> |Works started=2016/02/23<br /> |Works completed=2016/03/08<br /> |Total cost category=10 - 50 k€<br /> |Total1 cost=24,500<br /> |Funding sources=Catchment Partnership Action Fund, Warwickshire Wildlife Trust Members, Environment Agency, <br /> }}<br /> {{Motivations<br /> |Hydromorphological quality elements=Channel pattern/planform, width &amp; depth variation,<br /> |Biological quality elements=Water vole, fish, invertebrates,<br /> |Physico-chemical quality elements=polluting surface run off from A45 (Coventry Road)<br /> |Other motivation=Improving visual connectivity with river as channel was ovcer deepened. Improving biodiversity and ecosystem services of local green space. To encourage a greater awareness of rivers in the local community, the services they provide and of the degradation of urban watercourses in recent times. <br /> }}<br /> {{Measures<br /> |Bank and bed modifications measure=Regrading of banks, <br /> |Floodplain / River corridor=Creation of backwater and ponds, Lowland meadow<br /> |Planform / Channel pattern=Introduction of LWD deflectors, <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 /> {{Case study documents<br /> |File name=9 second timelapse.mp4<br /> |Description=Bank regrading to enhance hyrdogeomorphology<br /> }}<br /> {{Additional Documents end}}<br /> {{Additional links and references header}}<br /> {{Additional links and references<br /> |Link=www.warwickshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/what-we-do/current-projects/river-restoration-guphill-brook<br /> |Description=press release<br /> }}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

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