June 2024
Freshwater Renaissance project launches
We are continuing and expanding our Riverlands programme of work on the Holnicote Estate, making more space for water.
We will be connecting freshwater with saltwater on the estate and creating around twenty new ponds, wet woodlands and meadows. We are injecting diversity into our freshwater habitats with dead wood, tree planting, sowing wildflowers to join up with neighbouring habitats.
We hope to see the return of wildlife that relies on freshwater species, such as small mammals and majestic raptors.
We are planning new community engagement events and activities and a new partnership has begun with a National Trust tenanted farm, home to Tivington Farm School, a special educational needs school (SEN).
This project is funded by the Government's Species Survival Fund. The fund was developed by Defra and its Arm's-Length Bodies. It is being delivered by The National Lottery Heritage Fund in partnership with Natural England and the Environment Agency.