Out of my normal patch looking at pottential NFM solutions and wet woodland. Some great opportunities to work with natural process to improve floodplain connection and to #slowtheflow

We have been undertaking the site supervision of this river restoration. It was designed and created by Norfolk Rivers Trust This meandering work will increase biodiversity, flood water storage, water quality, & carbon sequestration by transforming an originally straight channel.

The madness of a wheat field as a #river floodplain. We urgently need to farm back from rivers as well as fixing sewage issues. This river, (Great? Ouse, Bedfordshire) used to have clear water for much of the year. Now, sadly, it has an almost permanent algal bloom

Two options for a river floodplain: 1. Farmed, cracked earth & no wild habitat. OR.2. Wild regenerating vegetation holding precious water in the landscape & alive with creatures? If we are going to let some farmed land go let it be near river land

Cuckoo Flowers on Southrepps Common this weekend #wildflowerhour #norfolk

We will revisit this wetland at the end of the week to see how it has progressed over the last few years. It was created for Anglian Water to remove nutrients from the sewage works, cleaning the water before it reaches the river.

Time to get our strip mower up and running. 1st time through some pasture/winter wheat strips. Soil type at Ken Hill is sandy silt loams, second year with out any synthetic inputs. #wildkenhill #Wildfarmed

Vast mats of macroalgae at Blakeney Point, N. Norfolk. A symptom of eutrophication which reduces the ability of wading birds to feed. We urgently need to improve water quality at source in our rivers. A very sensitive habitat badly affected here

On a revisit last week, we were unable to drone due to nesting birds but the site was buzzing with activities. Mammals; Otter, water vole, hares & roe deer. Birds; Shelduck, moorhens, mallards, chiffchaffs, waterail & heron. A place for water purification but also for wildlife.

Great project, glad to have played a part in making this happen.

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Last year I decided to sew some wildflower mix over a scrubby part of our lawn, helped along with some hand harvested yellow rattle seed from high Norfolk. Less than 10 months on and this little patch is looking so much more diverse. #wildflowerhour

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Walk along the upper Wharfe today, great to see some of our rivers still functioning properly, great pool/riffles sequences 😍 #GoodEcologicalStatus

Contrast the dry Upper Derwent with the flowing Calder. Why? The Derwent was moved to the side of the valley and sits perched above its floodplain, the Calder flows freely across the valley floor! Put our rivers back where they belong and they won't stop flowing in dry spells...

Great opportunity to do some amazing work with an amazing organisation! Help save our rivers! 👍

**We must give #floodplain land back to our rivers**. Farming floodplains, like this one on the Great Ouse, is awful for river water quality, carbon & species & precarious for the farmer. We urgently need to #farmback from our rivers Great Ouse Rivers Trust

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