Case study:Barnes Common improvements

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Location: 51° 28' 15.24" N, 0° 14' 40.90" W
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Project overview

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Status Complete
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Themes Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity, Hydromorphology, Urban
Country England
Main contact forename Dave
Main contact surname Webb
Main contact user ID
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
Parent multi-site project
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Reed bed - May 2011

Project summary

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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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File:Barnes common enhancements Dec 2011.pdf

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Catchment and subcatchment

Catchment

River basin district Thames
River basin London

Subcatchment

River name Beverley Brook (Motspur Park to Thames) and Pyl Brook at West Barnes
Area category 1000 - 10000 km²
Area (km2)
Maximum altitude category 100 - 200 m
Maximum altitude (m) 172172 m <br />0.172 km <br />17,200 cm <br />
Dominant geology Calcareous
Ecoregion Great Britain
Dominant land cover Suburban
Waterbody ID GB106039022850



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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WFD water body codes GB106039022850
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WFD water body name Beverley Brook (Motspur Park to Thames) and Pyl Brook at West Barnes
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Heavily modified water body No
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Protected species present No
Invasive species present No
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Project background

Reach length directly affected (m) 300 m0.3 km <br />30,000 cm <br />
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Project completed 2011/12/20
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Reasons for river restoration

Mitigation of a pressure
Hydromorphology
Biology little in channel habitat, no riparian buffer zones
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Measures

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Bank/bed modifications
Floodplain / River corridor Tree management, Riparian planting, mowing regime
Planform / Channel pattern Reedbed creation, Flow deflectors
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