Case study:Barnes Common improvements
Project overview
Status | Complete |
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Themes | Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity, Hydromorphology, Urban |
Country | England |
Main contact forename | Dave |
Main contact surname | Webb |
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Contact organisation | Environment Agency |
Contact organisation web site | http://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/environment-agency |
Partner organisations | Friends of Barnes Common, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames |
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Project summary
To improve the riparian through with an improved mowing regime
Plug planting of marginal species
Selective tree management to allow more light into the channel
Potential to dig a new meander
Enlarge the off-line reedbed to create a backwater for spawning fish and habitat value
Put flow deflectors in the channel to improve in stream processes
The Beverley Brook flows through Barnes Common and has artificially low flows, little in channel habitat and no riparian buffer zones. An off-reed bed has been dug which was successful.
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Other case studies in this subcatchment: Anton Crescent Wetlands Regeneration, Ashlone Wharf FCRM scheme, Barn Elms Sports Ground, Barn Elms Wetland Centre, South West London, Barnes Common, Beverley Brook Flow control structures, Beverley Brook d/s of Rock’s Lane, Beverley Park, Cuddington Park, Horne Way Weir... further results
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