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Quayside Suite
Medina Chambers
Town Quay
Southampton
SO14 2AQ
2021
Managed realignment
United Kingdom
Tamar Estuary
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50.4937
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Biodiversity Enhancement
Create a More Natural Shoreline
Habitat Enhancement
Improve Flood Protection
This project restored an area of freshwater tidal wetland at the National Trust property of Cotehele Quay. A river-side field along the banks of the Tamar Estuary had been enclosed in an embankment and converted to farmland in 1850. To enhance and restore the tidal habitat, a preparatory creek/channel was excavated in the field before a 15 m breach was made in the riverside bank to allow the tide to flood in.
This project is part of a larger programme of habitat creation and improvement throughout the Tamar catchment which aims to create new intertidal habitat which will improve the resilience to the changing climate and to provide a richer environment for people and nature (National Trust Website, accessed 2022). The National Trust website (link below) provides more details and photographs about this project.
ABPmer
Quayside Suite
Medina Chambers
Town Quay
Southampton
SO14 2AQ