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Trevor and machine arrive on site!
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Nigel Holmes directing operations - the first substrate is moved within the channel
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Vegetation chokes the channel prior to the restoration work. The red and white markers indicated where water vole burrows have been found.
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The water starts to flow immediately as the machine clears a channel
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Knettishall Heath Little Ouse
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ulia and Penny taking a break from water vole surveying!
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Bringing in the heavies
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River ecologist Dr Nigel Holmes and the EA's Julia Massey
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Re-profiling the river
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Re-profiling
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Re-profiling
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Banks are left alone
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Lamprey tracks
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Re-profiled bank
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A newly created berm or shoulder which narrows the channel and increases the flow of the water.
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No stone is left unturned by Nigel!
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Silt
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This is the first berm created at the downstream end of the site.
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Progress
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The first scoop of the bucket at the start of the river restoration project.
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The shoulder or berm gradually begins to take shape.
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Machinery on site
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Finding water amongst that dense in channel vegetation - letting the river breathe!
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A barrier is put in place in case of any oil spills upstream.
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Riffles
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Job done!