Rangers from across the National Trust then lent their support to bind together a mountain of branches and twigs into bundles called faggots, which have been placed along the bank edges to act as large woody debris, trapping future sediment before it reaches the stream.
The creation and installation of silt traps will also help reduce soil and therefore nutrients from entering the water in future. This will all be complemented by examining the management of meadows moving forward.
Will Humpington, Environmental Programmes Advisor, at People’s Postcode Lottery said:
“Our players have once again been able to fund a vital conservation project that benefits nature. Not only are we supporting wildlife in the stream where the work is being carried out, but this project will have benefits for life further downstream too. Sometimes it really is the little things that can make a big difference.”