Tollesbury

Year Implemented

1995

Project Type

Managed realignment

Country

United Kingdom

Location

Blackwater Estuary (Essex)

Longitude

0.8402

Latitude

51.7674

Habitat(s) Created

Mudflat
Saltmarsh

Size

21 Hectares

Why Undertaken

Improve Flood Protection
Demonstration or Pilot Project
Habitat Creation

Project Description Summary

This involved the creation of one breach (60m wide).

Documents/References uploaded

References

ABP Research & Consultancy Ltd, 1998. Review of coastal habitat creation, restoration and recharge schemes. Southampton, 190p.
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.
Boorman, L.A., Ashton, C., 1997. The productivity of salt marsh vegetation at Tollesbury, Essex and Stiffkey, Norfolk, England. Mangroves and Saltmarshes 1, 113126.
Chang, Y.H., Scrimshaw, M.D., MacLeod, C.L., Lester, J.N., 2001. Flood defence in the Blackwater estuary, Essex, UK: The impact of sedimentological and geochemical changes on salt marsh development in the Tollesbury managed realignment site. Marine Pollution Bulletin 42(6), 470-481.
Garbutt, R.A., Reading, C.J., Wolters, M., Gray, A.J., Rothery, P., 2006. Monitoring the development of intertidal habitats on former agricultural land after the managed realignment of coastal defences at Tollesbury, Essex, UK. Marine Pollution Bulletin 53(1-4), 155-164.
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090514092004/http://www.eclife.naturalengland.org.uk/project_details/good_practice_guide/habitatcrr/ENRestore/CHaMPs/EssexEstuaries/RealignmentSites/Tollesbury/Summary.htm
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.
Reading, C.J., Garbutt, R.A., Watts, C.W., Rothery, P., Turk, A., Yates, M., Boffey, C., Saunders, J. and Wolters, M., 2008. Managed realignment at Tollesbury. Defra R&D Technical Report FD 1922/TR. Center for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) Wallingford, 126p; available at: http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Document.aspx?Document=FD1922_7435_TRP.pdf
Reading, C.J., Paramor, O.A.L., Garbutt, R.A., Chesher, R., Hall, J.R., Hughes, R.G., Mann, J.L., Masters, N.D., Myhill, D.G., Rothery, P., Spearman, J.R., Stevenson, J.R., Wolters, M., Gray, A.J., 2002. Managed realignment at Tollesbury and Saltram. Final report. Defra Project CSA2313. Dorchester, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, 199p.
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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