Paull Holme Strays

Year Implemented

2003

Project Type

Managed realignment

Country

United Kingdom

Location

Humber Estuary (East Riding of Yorkshire)

Longitude

-0.2194

Latitude

53.7083

Habitat(s) Created

  • Mudflat

  • Saltmarsh

  • Transitional Grassland

Size

80 Hectares

Why Undertaken

  • Improve Flood Protection

  • Compensation

  • Habitat Creation

Project Description Summary

Paull Holme Strays was the first major managed realignment scheme established in the Humber Estuary. It provides approximately 80ha of new intertidal habitat.  This project involved creating two breaches (150 and 50m wide) in the sea wall along with the excavation of drainage creeks inside the site.  It is a relatively well studied site and the bird populations, for example, were surveyed for at least a decade (see Mander et al., 2021).  This monitoring has described how the site accreted with sediment and how the habitats matured and are continuing to change.  

Documents/References uploaded
References
  • ABP Research & Consultancy Ltd, 2000. Modelling of managed realignment at Thorngumbald Final report. Southampton, 120p.
  • Halcrow Group Limited, 2005. Environment Agency - Paull Holme Strays - Environmental Monitoring Report 2005. Halcrow Group Limited, Leeds. 67p.
  • Halcrow Group Ltd., 2002. Managed realignment review. Flood and Coastal Defence R&D programme FD2008. Defra, London. 324p.
  • Institute of Estuarine & Coastal Studies (IECS), 2008. Managed Realignment in the Humber Estuary, UK. HARBASINS Report
  • Parker, R., Bolam, S., Foden, J., Morris, D., Brown, S., Chesher, T., Fletcher, C., Möller, I. 2004. Suitability Criteria for Habitat Creation Report I: Reviews of present practices and scientific literature relevant to site selection criteria. DEFRA R&D Technical Report FD1917TR1. Defra, London, 178p.
  • Wolters, M., Garbutt, A., Bakker, J.P., 2005. Salt-marsh restoration: evaluating the success of de-embankments in north-west Europe. Biological Conservation 123(22), 249-268.
  • Mander L, Scapin L, Thaxter CB, Forster RM and Burton NHK (2021) Long-Term Changes in the Abundance of Benthic Foraging Birds in a Restored Wetland. Front. Ecol. Evol. 9:673148. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2021.673148
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