Wendling Beck Exemplar Project The Wendling Beck Exemplar Project (WBEP) is a nature restoration project covering just under 2000 acres of farmland near Dereham, Norfolk. Landscape-scale transformation will occur through river restoration and the creation and enhancement of grasslands, woodlands, wetland and other habitats. This will not only support nature recovery in Norfolk, but will…
Wensum Water Quality: A Citizen Science Project Start Jul-2022 End Dec-2022 A group of citizen scientists are providing valuable information for the Wensum Catchment Partnership in efforts to improve the health of the River Wensum catchment. The River Wensum is treasured by local communities and users alike. The river, and parts of its floodplain, are of…
Wensum Fishery Recovery Plan Update Following on from the agreement to focus on the reach between Swanton Morley Falls to North Elmhan Mill, which has shown in the past 4 years to be almost devoid of Roach. Indeed the EA survey undertaken in Oct only caught 4 roach. The overall Fishery Recovery Plan lays out the…
Wensum River Tud Project This overall £7 million project is funded by Ofwat and is led by The Rivers Trust and United Utilities, with collaboration between 24+ UK partner organisations. It is creating a radical step-change in the contribution of Citizen Science & Community Monitoring to evidence-based Integrated Catchment Management. CaSTCo will provide…
Invertebrate Monitoring Strategy Following a number of undertakings by various groups over the years, we felt it was required to define our strategy for our volunteers undertaking the monitoring of inverts. I consultation paper was produced by the ecology group and has been agreed by the steering committee as a way forward. The paper is…
After much effort I have obtained the data for fish survey reporting on the Wensum and two other comparable rivers, the Upper Ouse and the river Gipping. The report attached looks at the density and biomass of Roach, Dace, Chub, Perch and Pike, with specific focus on Roach, once so infomass on the Wensum. The…
Fishery Recovery Plan We have agreed a plan that has a number of milestones to insure any future fish stocks can retain a path to sustain themselves. This is being managed within the Ecology Group. Headline Story Below is a listing of related posts and articles on this topic.
River Wensum Water Quality Analysis 2000-2022 Richard Cooper at the UEA undertook a review of 20 years of data gained from the EA on the Wensum.. This was presented to the WCP back in January 2023. Click on the PDF logo to open the file.
Foulsham Restration Start Sep-2022 End Feb-23 Norfolk Rivers Trust, the Water Management Alliance (IDB), and a private landowner completed a six-week project in the Foulsham tributary in January 2023. This EA-funded project aimed to deliver natural flood management solutions within the Wensum Catchment. The project reconnected the tributary to its floodplain by diverting an existing…
Wensum Headwaters Project This overall £7 million project is funded by Ofwat and is led by The Rivers Trust and United Utilities, with collaboration between 24+ UK partner organisations. It is creating a radical step-change in the contribution of Citizen Science & Community Monitoring to evidence-based Integrated Catchment Management. CaSTCo will provide the…