Case studies

What other projects can I learn from?

We are compiling case studies of restoration projects from around the country. These are carried out by people locally, who have kindly agreed to share their findings with us, or where we are carrying out monitoring ourselves.

The history of floodplain meadows

• Strips, parcels and stones at Lugg Meadow, Herefordshire
• The Friends of Mottey Meadows, Staffordshire
• A history of the Oxford Meads, Oxfordshire
• North Meadow, Wiltshire: marker stones -  the designation of floodplain meadow features
• Portholme Meadow, Cambridgeshire: traditional management by hay auctioning and aftermath grazing

Conservation

• Extreme flooding and subsequent management of the species rich plant community at North Meadow NNR, Wiltshire
• Use of social investments to buy land for nature conservation

Nutrients

• Impact of summer flooding on floodplain meadow biodiversity from nutrient deposition
• Investigating the nutrient budget of the Oxford Meads, Oxfordshire

Hydrology

• Wheldrake Ings, North Yorkshire - plant communities in relation to topography and water levels
• West Sedgemoor, Somerset - plant communities in relation to topography and water levels

Management

• Control of invasive sedges
• Changes in management at Kingsthorpe Meadow, Northamptonshire
• Staggered cutting at Upham
• Historic managament at Wheldrake Ings, North Yorkshire

Restoration and Creation

• Fotheringhay Meadow, Northamptonshire - restoration with good soil structure and hydrology
• Piddle Brook Meadows, Worcestershire - change from pasture to meadow management
• Chimney Meadows, Oxfordshire - reduction of high P levels through management
• Wheldrake Ings, North Yorkshire - water-level management for birds
• Seighford Moor, Staffordshire - changing ditch-water levels for species richness
• Swill Brook Meadow, Wiltshire - introducing green hay to a species-poor grassland
• Wild flower seed collection by brush harvesting in Northamptonshire
• Broad Meadow Northamptonshire - converting an arable field to a floodplain meadow
• Floodplain meadow creation; a landowners perspective in Northamptonshire
• Priors Ham, Wiltshire- changing from pasture to hay meadow management
• Somerford Mead, Oxfordshire- a long-term restoration project. How long does it take?
• Restoring and recreating species rich grassland: Rawcliffe Meadows, York

Monitoring

• Fancott Woods and Meadow, Bedfordshire - a management trial to determine change in site management

Restoration project site assessment case studies

Restoration technique: change in management 

• Bishops Meadow East
• Bishops Meadow Central
• Blackwell Hill Meadow (House and Riverside Meadows)
• Cae’r Ddôl
• Chimney Meadows East Hey North
• Mill Field Stony Stratford 1
• OU Meadow
• Ouse Valley
• Ouse Valley 1
• Ouse Valley 2
• Ouse Valley 3
• Stony Stratford 3
• Stony Stratford 4

Restoration technique: commercial seed mix

• The Earth Trust Riverside Field
• Aldwincle Field 3
• Fawley Court Bottom River Meadow 1
• Fawley Court Bottom River Meadow 2
• Oundle Big Meadow
• The Earth Trust Two Ponds Field
• The Earth Trust The Waterboard
• The Earth Trust Ferry Field
• Browns Woods
• Willen Lake

Restoration technique: spreading green hay

• Lambwath Meadows 1
• Lambwath Meadows 2
• Lambwath Meadows 3
• Lambwath Meadows 4
• Chimney Meadows East Hey Central
• Chimney Meadows East Hey South
• Lock Ham, Chimney Meadows
• Upper Common, Chimney Meadows
• Bridge Craft Coronation Meadow
• Somerford Mead East
• Somerford Mead West
• Hagley
• Long Field and The Eye
• Long Meadow

Restoration technique: spreading dry hay

• Aldwincle Field 1
• Aldwincle Field 2

Restoration technique: plug planting

• Potteric Carr
• Rossington Carr