Severn Trent has completed the main phase of work to create a new wetland in Cinderford, bringing the scheme closer to completion.
Image: aerial view of Crump meadow wetland
The water and waste company, along with contractors Mott Macdonald Bentley, has been working on a patch of land near its treatment works to benefit conditions in the Cinderford Brook and create a new habitat for local wildlife.
This project has seen the company team up with Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust and is one of eleven sites where Severn Trent is using nature-based solutions to safeguard sustainable water levels for the future.
The main stages of creating the wetland at Crumpmeadow (at Ruspidge Halt in Cinderford) have been completed. Five ponds of varying sizes have been created, which all interlink to create much needed wetland habitat in the Cinderford Brook catchment.
The final stages will be to plant up the ponds in late spring with marginal and aquatic plants to create habitat perfect for a whole host of insects, amphibians and reptiles that are of conservation concern. The Trust will also install bat roosting areas so that wetland-loving species such as Daubenton’s bats and soprano pipistrelles can take advantage of the insect bonanza.
The work contributes to Severn Trent’s Great Big Nature Boost scheme, which includes plans to plant 1.3m trees, revive 12,000 acres of land and help restore 2,000km of rivers across its region by 2027.
Work ramped up in the summer, which included ecologists safely relocating Great Crested Newts away from the proposed wetland. Teams are due to return to the site in Spring to complete the project by carrying out planting activities.
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