2024-25 Tales from an East Anglian Riverbank - Portfolio - Page 22
River yare - restoring NATURAL PROCESSES 2022-25
CHALK TO SEA
Working with:
Norfolk Rivers Trust
Water Resources East
Anglian Water
Norfolk Rivers IDB
EA Lead:
Amy Prendergast
£282,000
£91,000
£191,000
Total Project Value
EA Funding
Partnership Funding
In South Norfolk we have several lowland
chalk streams, however, here the river
habitat has been modi昀椀ed in the past to drain
the land which has resulted in the loss of
di昀昀erent river habitats such as rines and
glides. There were only small areas of gravel
bed, the substrate being more commonly
sand or silt.
The deep channel means that in high nows
the river does not spill out on to the
noodplain, and silt se琀琀les out in the channel.
As the noodplain is drained it is dry and
doesn9t support the noral diversity you would
expect.
Modi昀椀ed river habitat (before) Credit: Lily Mackie, Norfolk Rivers Trust
This project created a channel that allows
noodwater to frequently spill out onto the
noodplain along with a series of scrapes.
Crea琀椀ng a more dynamic mosaic of wetland
habitats within the noodplain, bene昀椀琀�ng
wildlife, water quality and people.
Watch our video
by Josh Jaggard
here:
PROJECT FUNDING
2024-25
Project Costs
Total
Project Costs
WEIF
£20,000
£91,000
Partner Cash
£35,000
£191,000
TOTAL
£55,000
£282,000
Uniform grazing marsh (before) Credit: Lily Mackie, Norfolk Rivers Trust
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