We produced a Biodiversity Action Plan for the River Stour Internal Drainage Board (RSIDB) in 2010 and surveyed their entire network of over 200 watercourses over the following 5 years. During these surveys we recorded wildlife habitat, species of conservation interest and physical features. The data generated was then used to create a set of management recommendations for each watercourse which would protect habitat for many key species, while maintaining their primary function of drainage and irrigation.

Since 2015, we have been carrying out follow-up surveys to find out what effect our recommendations are having. We have also worked on several enhancement projects, including the manual removal of invasive Parrot’s Feather from ditches at Wade Marsh.

Find out more about the RSIDB here.