Environment Agency update on what has been happening to rivers in the Combined Essex (Essex Rivers Hub) catchment. Published October 2014.
WFD Catchment Dashboard – Combined Essex
Riversearch resources
Here you can find some Essex Wildlife Trust Riversearch and Water for Wildlife fact sheets:
2021 Riversearch – How to survey for otter and water vole
2021 Riversearch Survey Points (Map)
2021 Riversearch Survey Points (List)
2021 Riversearch – Otter field signs
Water for Wildlife – A guide to water vole ecology and field signs
Invasive non-native species
A series of fact sheets about non-native species, produced by the Non-native Species Secretariat:
Other fact sheets with information on Invasive species associated with the water environment:
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust have produced many useful information booklets which can be found here. Including information in the native White-clawed Crayfish:
Native Crayfish and Small Streams
Resources for landowners
Information for farmers from the Chelmer and Blackwater Catchment Partnership:
Essex County Council have produced this document introducing the idea of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) with advice on how to create them. This is helpful for anyone wanting more information on what SuDS are and also for anyone working on large scale projects, looking to use SuDS:
Advice on Sustainable drainage systems.
People's Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) has published a guide for landowners on how to help Water Voles on their land.
Helping Water Voles on your land
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