Case study:Bures Mill fish by-pass

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Location: 51° 58' 1.59" N, 0° 46' 51.97" E
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Project overview

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Status Complete
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Themes Fisheries
Country England
Main contact forename Darren
Main contact surname Tansley
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Contact organisation Essex Wildlife Trust
Contact organisation web site http://www.essexwt.org.uk/
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Bures Mill fish by-pass

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The Bures Mill fish by-pass was installed to allow fish passage upstream of the Bures Mill automatic gate on the River Stour downstream of Lamarsh

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The Bures Mill Automatic Gate
Looking downstream of the automatic gate
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Catchment and subcatchment

Catchment

River basin district Anglian
River basin Combined Essex

Subcatchment

River name Stour DS Lamarsh
Area category 100 - 1000 km²
Area (km2)
Maximum altitude category Less than 100 m
Maximum altitude (m) 9494 m <br />0.094 km <br />9,400 cm <br />
Dominant geology Calcareous
Ecoregion Great Britain
Dominant land cover Arable and Horticulture
Waterbody ID GB105036040942



Site

Name Bures Mill
WFD water body codes GB105036040942
WFD (national) typology Low, Medium, Calcareous
WFD water body name Stour DS Lamarsh
Pre-project morphology Straightened
Reference morphology Straightened
Desired post project morphology
Heavily modified water body Yes
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Protected species present No
Invasive species present No
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Dominant hydrology Groundwater
Dominant substrate Clay, Gravel, Silt
River corridor land use Intensive agriculture (arable)
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Works completed 2010/05/01
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Reasons for river restoration

Mitigation of a pressure Barriers to fish migration
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Other Fish by-pass channel
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