Seal Sands

Year Implemented

1993

Project Type

Regulated tidal exchange

Country

United Kingdom

Location

Tees Estuary (Durham)

Longitude

-1.2003

Latitude

54.6193

Habitat(s) Created

Mudflat
Saltmarsh
Transitional Grassland

Size

9 Hectares

Why Undertaken

Habitat Creation
Compensation

Project Description Summary

This involved the installation of one pipe: 1.05m diameter; 60m long; 0.16m slope. As part of this scheme artificial creeks were dug.

Documents/References uploaded

References

Atkinson, P.W., Crooks, S., Grant, A., Rehfish, M.M., 2001. The success of creation and restoration schemes in producing intertidal habitat suitable for waterbirds. No. 425, English Nature, Peterborough, 167p.
Evans, P.R., Ward, R.M., Bone, M, 1997. Seal Sands intertidal flooding project. Report to English Nature. University of Durham, Durham, 72p.
Evans, P.R., Ward, R.M., Bone, M., Leakey, M., 1998. Creation of temperate-climate intertidal mudflats: factors affecting colonization by benthic invertebrates and their bird predators. Marine Pollution Bulletin 37, 535545.
Lamberth, C., Haycock, N., 2001. Regulated tidal exchange. Phase II report. Case studies and guidelines for the assessment of sites capable of supporting a saline wetland creation project using regulated tidal exchange techniques. Haycock associates Ltd., St. Albans.
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.

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