Case study:Holmsley Inclosure Stream Restoration

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Location: 50° 48' 0.41" N, 1° 41' 4.88" W
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Project overview

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Status Complete
Project web site
Themes Environmental flows and water resources, Habitat and biodiversity, Hydromorphology, Monitoring
Country England
Main contact forename Bryan
Main contact surname Boult
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Contact organisation Hampshire County Council
Contact organisation web site http://www.hants.gov.uk/
Partner organisations English Nature, Environment Agency, Forestry Commission, National Trust, RSPB
Parent multi-site project

Case_study:New Forest LIFE project

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File:Holmsley Enclosure Stream.jpg
Bed level raising in progress

Project summary

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This site is a part of New Forest LIFE project. The bed levels were raised for approximately 500m of the existing Stony Moors stream between the enclosure boundary and the fords on the public road. Levels were raised to within 0.4m of the surrounding floodplain to restore winter flooding on the flood plain. This was achieved using clay plugs and backfilling with imported hoggin and available bank spoil. Due to the steep gradient additional support was given to the infill in the form of log weirs, oak boards and live willow. Alongside the river bed restoration 8.8 hectares of scrub management and vegetation clearance was made.

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Catchment and subcatchment

Catchment

River basin district South East
River basin New Forest

Subcatchment

River name Avon Water
Area category 10 - 100 km²
Area (km2)
Maximum altitude category Less than 100 m
Maximum altitude (m) 8282 m <br />0.082 km <br />8,200 cm <br />
Dominant geology Calcareous
Ecoregion Great Britain
Dominant land cover Improved grassland
Waterbody ID GB107042011300



Other case studies in this subcatchment: Avon Barriers Project, Avon Barriers Project: Ferengair Weir, HLS New Forest


Site

Name Holmsley Inclosure Stream
WFD water body codes GB107042011300
WFD (national) typology
WFD water body name Avon Water
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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

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Project started 2002/07/01
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Project completed 2006/12/31
Total cost category 50 - 100 k€
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Funding sources EU LIFE Programme

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Reasons for river restoration

Mitigation of a pressure
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Bank/bed modifications Bed raising, Tree management
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http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/project/Projects/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.showFile&rep=file&fil=LIFE02 NAT UK 008544 AfterLIFE.pdf After LIFE conservation plan
http://www.newforestlife.org.uk/life3/life3index.htm New Forest LIFE 3 web page
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/project/Projects/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.createPage&s ref=LIFE02%20NAT/UK/008544&area=1&yr=2002&n proj id=1976&cfid=423407&cftoken=1adf75e7742a0a31-858CC2AB-CCBA-042D-07FCA090D1A64E01&mode=print&menu=false New Forest on EU LIFE programme

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