Essex Rivers Hub
Pant; Stone Cottage, Cooks Lane
Willow, alder and birch thrive in poorly drained or seasonally flooded areas, growing together to make the woods we call 'wet woodland'. This kind of woodland is found on floodplains, in fens and bogs, on the banks of rivers, streams and lakes, and along hillside flushes. Wet woodland can be found on a range of soils from mineral-rich alkaline soils to acidic, nutrient-poor soils.
We recommend that this area requires the creation of 1 hectare of wet woodland to increase the abundance and quality of the habitats that wet woodlands supply.
Please contact us if you have any questions or suggestions regarding this project idea.
RBD/catchment/river/tributary
River Pant
WFD water body status
Poor
Project type
wet woodland creation
Benefiting species and/or habitats
Wet Woodland
Project lead
Essex Wildlife Trust
Contact for more information
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Project partners
Environment Agency
Funding source
Catchment Restoration Fund
Project start
2014
Design by LTD Design Consultants and build by Garganey Consulting based on an original concept by Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust