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RSPB applauds estuarine habitat creation project in Yorkshire, England

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Outstanding success for Yorkshire, England habitat replacement scheme

A project to provide replacement coastal habitat in East Yorkshire is proving an outstanding success from the outset.

The new wetlands scheme, at the mouth of the Humber Estuary near Spurn Point, has recorded a dramatic increase in the number of wading birds.

 

Bypasses seal deal for eels to return to Britain

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They are as fragile as their name suggests, yet glass eels survive being hurled about by terrifying storms as they evade sharp-toothed predators on a 4,000-mile, three-year odyssey from the North Atlantic. Then they arrive in Britain only to find that the barricades are up.

Concrete walls, tidal flaps, sluice gates and weirs are just some of the many obstacles these tiny creatures come up against as they try to swim up rivers to reach the inland waterways where they can grow to adulthood. Consequently, the number of eels in Britain's waterways has slumped.

 

Now a review of British rivers will identify structures that can be pulled down, or sites that are suitable for eel-friendly bypasses. In some cases, a pipelined with grippy mesh is all that is needed for the eels to get past a man-made obstacle.

 

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European River Restoration Conference 2013 in Vienna

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The RESTORE partners for ecological river restoration in Europe, alongside the ECRR, are organising the 5th European River Restoration Conference, 11 -13 September 2013.

The conference will bring together key policy makers and restoration practitioners to showcase the latest thinking on achieving the goals of restoring and managing Europe’s Rivers.

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