]> 2026-04-13T21:25:21+00:00 Case study:Guphill Brook Riverine Enhancement 500 en 9 second timelapse.mp4 Bank regrading to enhance hyrdogeomorphology press release Approved 0.5 - 2 m Less than 2 m Bank reprofiling Creation of wooden deflectors Warwickshire Wildlife Trust Great Britain Catchment Partnership Action Fund Warwickshire Wildlife Trust Members Environment Agency Yes No Yes true DJI 0012.JPG DJI 0022.JPG G0010066.JPG G0010005.JPG East pool mid-dig.jpg West pool 1.JPG West pool 2.JPG GOPR1410.JPG G0031110.JPG 20160405 124802.jpg Yes 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. Agree with Council several months before scheduled works if path closure is necessary as this can be very costly. Forming partnerships with Council and EA greatly assists in smooth running of project and maximises gains. 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. 52.411984762448,-1.5586734842509 TimPrecious Tim Warwickshire Wildlife Trust Precious Bank reprofiling,,Creation of backwaters, Lowland meadow, Creation of pond,,Creation of wooden deflectors ,,, Fixed point photography. Invertebrate samples at bank regrading points and woody debris installations before works and 2 years after works. Botanical survey of site before works and 2 years after works. Short film documenting enhancement techniques and volunteer involvement. 22494 DJI 0013.JPG 2014-10-01Z 2456931.5 In progress 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. 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. 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. The online pools provide some additional flood risk reduction downstream by holding back water in times of above average flows. 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. 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. Guphill Brook Riverine Enhancement guphill brook riverine enhancement No 400 Warwickshire Avon Severn Creation of backwaters Lowland meadow Creation of pond R Sherbourne - source to conf R Sowe r sherbourne - source to conf r sowe Buckingham Rise Amenity Green Space buckingham rise amenity green space Water Vole stone loach kingfisher 10 - 100 km² 195 100 - 200 m R Sherbourne - source to conf R Sowe GB109054044620 Fisheries Flood risk management Habitat and biodiversity Hydromorphology Social benefits Water quality Urban 24500 10 - 50 k€ GB109054044620 Sherbourne - source to conf R Sowe 2016-03-08Z 2457455.5 2016-02-23Z 2457441.5 2016-08-10T14:50:34Z 2457611.1184491 2019-01-02T16:01:20Z 2458486.1675926 Guphill Brook Riverine Enhancement 500 1 plainlist 5 [[Category:Case study]] [[Project title::!Guphill Brook Riverine Enhancement]] [[Subcatchment title::R Sherbourne - source to conf R Sowe]] Guphill Brook Riverine Enhancement# QUERY4d02592ecf54b7004e2b98b3404e4097