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29 August 2024

Wetland Creation at Pasford Farm

Pasford Farm, a 1,100 acre mixed arable farm in Staffordshire, farmed for 4 generations still with traditional Victorian buildings and drainage elements in place including the forge and waterfall proved a challenging location to site the new Wetland for Shropshire Wildlife Trust. Another ‘Worfe on the Wildside’ Scheme, this project was originally on part of the Patshull Park Estate, with the landscape designed by Capability Brown. The original channel had been diverted underground, through a series of pipes and culverts. Works involved breaking these pipes and re-wetting the area, creating a new channel that linked into Pasford Brook and creating a source for 2 wetland ponds which were excavated in addition to a sediment catchment pool, and meandering ditch using the original natural depression in the landscape.

WM Longreach tackled challenging drainage on wetland creation on historical family farm.

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19 July 2024

Valley Farm River Bank Remedial Works

In recent flood events, the watercourse had eroded the bank, where it was rediverted to form the meander. WM Longreach were brought in to place some rock boulders on the outer edge of the bank and build it up with clay, to repair and prevent future erosion of the outer bank. Works were carried out successfully and to program to the client’s satisfaction.

WM Longreach were brought in by Shropshire Wildlife Trust to carry out remedial works to a meander reconnection on the River Worfe.

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28 June 2024

Giving Back to the Community

The local scout troop in Bridgnorth required some ground clearance works completing ahead of a planned extension to the building. WM Longreach offered manpower, plant and expertise to help carry out these works free of charge. Dave Ryan their site manager said it was “nice to put something back into the community, helping the young ones in Bridgnorth.”

WM Longreach have provided manpower, plant and expertise to local scout troop.

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14 June 2024

Higford Bank Lowering & Wetland Creation

Continuing work with local Shropshire Wildlife Trust on another part of the Worfe on the Wildlife Scheme, WM Longreach carried out a varied scope of works at Higford including lowering the bank, creating a paleochannel scrape and some otter holt features. The main aim of these works was to reintroduce high flows onto the degraded Fenn to improve wetland conditions and improve diversity.

Working on behalf of Shropshire Wildlife Trust to improve wetland conditions on degraded Fenn.

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30 April 2024

Wildlife Scrapes at Lower Betton

Supporting the National Trust’s net zero goals the scope of these works including further enhancing some newly created 7 hectares of woodland at Lower Betton with some wildlife scrapes and drainage bunds created to control runoff. This required careful planning to avoid damaging the sensitive saplings across the site.

Some woodland scrapes have been created this month for the National Trust at Attingham Park

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11 March 2024

Transformation at Spout Pool

Dredging works were completed at Spout Pool this month with silt forming a wildlife island which will improve diversity on this local lake, a key location for many community activities.

Wildlife Island takes final shape at Spout Pool, Telford

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19 February 2024

Reducing Pollution & Improving Carbon Storage

This scheme completed this month with the Shropshire Wildlife Trust was done in conjunction with the Environment Agency’s WEIF (Water Environment Investment Fund). The project on the Worfe River WEIF project forms part of wider scale river basin management plans; to reduce pollution, improve carbon storage and increase 3rd party landowner engagement to improve the overall river health and quality within the catchment. The scope of works at Beobridge included the creation of seepage barriers using willow timber from site, wetland scrapes and installing large timbers. The seepage barriers aimed to slow the flow of water to raise levels water diverting them through the wetland scrapes to create shallow standing water for eel refuge and diversify vegetation which would in turn encourage wading birds and invertebrates. The larger wooded debris aimed to diffuse surface water flows. Work was completed successfully despite challenges of wet weather, aided using low ground pressure specialist excavators.

Beobridge Wetland Creation is an EA funded WEIF project creating wetland scrapes and seepage barriers on behalf of Shropshire Wildlife Trust.

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15 February 2024

Island Creation at Telford Spout Pool

Working with MSM and Balfour Beatty on behalf of Telford & Council, WM Longreach are dredging Spout Pool and creating an island using nicospan to retain the silt removed from the pool bed, thereby enhancing the water quality. As the Spout Pool is of key importance to the local community great efforts are being made to maximise public access to footways around the lake during works by creating defined working areas.

Wildlife Island takes shape on urban lake restoration scheme. 

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