]> 2026-04-04T21:23:30+00:00 Case study:Hoffer Brook 500 en Approved Bed lowering at impoundment and bed raising with gravel (and mesh) Bank reprofiling Sensitive desilt Livestock fencing Tree management Cattle drinkers Wildlife Trust for Cambridgeshire South Cambs DC Environment Agency Yes No Yes true No 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. Cattle drinks were created with a gravel bed and fencing - in hindsight more gravel in each would have been better. 52.128872600137,0.067153932759538 RuthHawksley Ruth Wildlife Trust for Cambridgeshire Hawksley Bed lowering at impoundment and bed raising with gravel (and mesh), Bank reprofiling, Sensitive desilt, Livestock fencing, Tree management, Cattle drinkers,,, ,,, 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. 21343 South Cambs DC, Environment Agency Plastic mesh base for gravel 2014-05-01Z 2456778.5 HofferMesh.JPG 2013-02-01Z 2456324.5 Complete 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. Hoffer Brook hoffer brook No Hoffer Brook hoffer brook Habitat and biodiversity Hydromorphology Low Small Calcareous GB105033038120 Rhee 2015-02-12T15:16:48Z 2457066.1366667 2017-06-05T11:03:04Z 2457909.960463 Hoffer Brook