Case study:Yeading Brook fields - Reedbed creation

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Location: 51° 32' 24.53" N, 0° 25' 7.28" W
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Project overview

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Status Planned
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Themes Flood risk management, Habitat and biodiversity
Country England
Main contact forename Mel
Main contact surname Challis
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Contact organisation Environment Agency
Contact organisation web site http://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/environment-agency
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Reedbed Creation, wet woodland creation, wet grassland creation, toe-board removal, deflector installation. BAP habitat creation and improvement in river marginal vegetation for water voles, birds, invertebrates and fish.

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Catchment and subcatchment

Catchment

River basin district Thames
River basin London

Subcatchment

River name Yeading Brook (East Arm)
Area category 10 - 100 km²
Area (km2)
Maximum altitude category 100 - 200 m
Maximum altitude (m) 127127 m <br />0.127 km <br />12,700 cm <br />
Dominant geology Calcareous
Ecoregion Great Britain
Dominant land cover Suburban
Waterbody ID GB106039023050



Other case studies in this subcatchment: Civic Way, Yeading Brook


Site

Name Yeading Brook fields - Reedbed creation
WFD water body codes GB106039023050
WFD (national) typology
WFD water body name Yeading Brook (East Arm)
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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 2008/01/01
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Total cost category 10 - 50 k€
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Funding sources Biffaward secured, with potential for greatly increasing the scale of the project through an HLF bid.

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Reasons for river restoration

Mitigation of a pressure Riparian development
Hydromorphology
Biology Fish, Invertebrates, Vertebrates
Physico-chemical
Other reasons for the project Landscape enhancement


Measures

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Bank/bed modifications Deflectors, Toeboard removal
Floodplain / River corridor Creation of wetland, Reedbed creation
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