Case study:Source to Sea Programme – 1. Leighton Moss Resource Protection

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Location: 54° 10' 3.49" N, 2° 47' 30.97" W

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Project overview

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Status	In progress
Project web site
Themes	Economic aspects, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - agriculture, Social benefits, Water quality
Country	England
Main contact forename	Richard
Main contact surname	Cooper
Main contact user ID	User:S2S-PO
Contact organisation	RSPB
Contact organisation web site	http://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/l/leightonmoss/about.aspx
Partner organisations	RSPB, Cumbria Wildlife Trust, Cumbria Woodlands, Lune Rivers Trust, Morecambe Bay Partnership, Arnside & Silverdale AONB Partnership, South Cumbria Rivers Trust
Parent multi-site project	Case_study:Source to Sea Programme
This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

Leighton Moss: habitats, wildlife, and problems

Project summary

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This project will deliver a series of measures identified in the Leighton Moss and Haweswater Diffuse Water Pollution (DWP) plan to benefit Leighton Moss SSSI, SPA and Hawes Water SSSI / SAC / NNR. Currently Leighton Moss is failing to meet its WFD objectives. The SSSI / SPA recovering condition is on the basis of the existence of the DWP plan. Delivery of this plan is now required to ensure that SSSI/ SPA status genuinely improves to favourable.

Working with the Environment Agency, Natural England and local farmers and landowners, the project will implement the DWP delivering the following: • Deployment of resource protection farm advisors, to be part of detailed and ongoing discussions with a neighbouring estate, its tenant farmers and a number of private farms, to identify land use change and measures to be implemented. This includes drawing up detailed and costed individual farm plans – this work is crucial to allow discussions to move forward, so implications are fully understood, with the objective of getting these farms into ELS / HLS management. Contract administered by the Arnside & Silverdale AONB Partnership. • Feasibility study for use of constructed wetlands – current catchment studies have identified possible suitable locations for constructed wetlands. Further work is needed to look into the full design, engineering and implications of these. • Implementation of constructed wetlands – once the feasibility work and discussions with neighbouring landowners are complete, capital works are needed to create constructed wetlands. • Capital grant for on-farm infrastructure measures (e.g. slurry pits, roofing) – to complement and extend what was made available via earlier Catchment Sensitive Farming project.

Works include: On-farm remedial measures e.g. separation of foul and rain water.

Monitoring surveys and results

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Each month seven water samples are collected by the RSPB on the Leighton Reedbed and six at Hawes Water. Each quarter this is extended to include three on Barrow Scout and two on Silverdale Moss (18 in total). Samples are sent off for analysis.

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New deep flow gutters needed on traditional buildings to take water to new clean water drain

New gutters to take roof water out to water course

New cross drain to be installed to prevent rainwater running into dirty yard.

New cross drain to collect rainwater before it runs in to cattle yard and becomes contaminated

Piping the clean water drain into the ditch

Ditch after new pipe installed and back filled

Excavation for new dirty water tank

Ground re-instated after tank installed

New sluice (prior to eel pass fitting) at Barrow Scout

Catchment and subcatchment Select a catchment/subcatchment Edit the catchment and subcatchment details (affects all case studies in this subcatchment) Catchment River basin district North West River basin Kent or Leven Subcatchment River name Myer's Dyke Area category Area (km2) Maximum altitude category Less than 100 m Maximum altitude (m) Dominant geology Calcareous Ecoregion Great Britain Dominant land cover Wetland Waterbody ID Site Edit site Name Leighton Moss catchments WFD water body codes GB112073071032, GB31229647 WFD (national) typology WFD water body name The Pool, Hawes Water Pre-project morphology Reference morphology Desired post project morphology Heavily modified water body No National/international site designation All - multiple designations across the site Local/regional site designations Protected species present Yes Invasive species present No Species of interest Dominant hydrology Dominant substrate River corridor land use Average bankfull channel width category Average bankfull channel width (m) Average bankfull channel depth category Average bankfull channel depth (m) Mean discharge category Mean annual discharge (m3/s) Average channel gradient category Average channel gradient Average unit stream power (W/m2) Project background Edit project background Reach length directly affected (m) Project started 2012/07/30 Works started 2014/01/02 Works completed Project completed 2015/03/31 Total cost category 100 - 500 k€ Total cost (k€) 210210 k€ <br />210,000 € <br /> Benefit to cost ratio Funding sources Catchment Restoration Funds Cost for project phases Phase cost category cost exact (k€) Lead organisation Contact forename Contact surname Investigation and design Stakeholder engagement and communication Works and works supervision Post-project management and maintenance Monitoring Reasons for river restoration Edit reasons for restoration Mitigation of a pressure Diffuse pollution Hydromorphology Quantity & dynamics of flow, Continuity for organisms, Continuity of sediment transport Biology Fish Physico-chemical Other reasons for the project Measures Edit Measures Structural measures Bank/bed modifications Tree planting Floodplain / River corridor Creation of wetland, Barrier removal Planform / Channel pattern Other Agricultural/Farming improvements Non-structural measures Management interventions Farm advice and plans Social measures (incl. engagement) Other Engagement activities will include face-to-face contact. Monitoring Hydromorphological quality elements Edit Hydromorphological quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Biological quality elements Edit biological quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Physico-chemical quality elements Edit Physico-chemical quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Any other monitoring, e.g. social, economic Edit Other responses Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Monitoring documents Upload monitoring documents RRC Monitoring table - Leighton Moss Resource Protection Additional documents and videos Upload additional documents CRF Project briefing note - Source to Sea Additional links and references Edit links and references Link Description Supplementary Information Edit Supplementary Information