Essex Rivers Hub
Improve habitat for Water Voles
The channel in this section is narrow with steep banks with little in channel and marginal vegetation making this area unsuitable habitat for Water Voles.
Near the former Mount Pleaseant Farm there is a shallow valley between the footpath and river. The habitat is rough grassland with a strip of trees and scrub beside the river.
Some of the flow could be diverted into this valley to create a secondary channel, and create habitat suitable for Water Voles as well as acting as a flood storage area.
RBD/catchment/river/tributary
River Ingrebourne
WFD water body status
Array
WFD overall status objective
To achieve good ecological status by 2027
Project type
Habitat creation
Benefiting species and/or habitats
creating suitable habitat for Water Vole will also create habitat for many other species
Funding source
None at present
Website key stakeholders:
Design by LTD Design Consultants and build by Garganey Consulting based on an original concept by Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust