Tollesbury
Year Implemented
1995
Project Type
Managed realignment
Country
United Kingdom
Location
Blackwater Estuary (Essex)
Longitude
0.8402
Latitude
51.7674
Habitat(s) Created
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Mudflat
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Saltmarsh
Size
21 Hectares
Why Undertaken
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Improve Flood Protection
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Demonstration or Pilot Project
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Habitat Creation
Project Description Summary
This involved the creation of one breach (60m wide).
Documents/References uploaded
References
- ABP Research & Consultancy Ltd, 1998. Review of coastal habitat creation, restoration and recharge schemes. Southampton, 190p.
- Atkinson, P.W., Crooks, S., Grant, A., Rehfish, M.M., 2001. The success of creation and restoration schemes in producing intertidal habitat suitable for waterbirds. No. 425, English Nature, Peterborough, 167p.
- Boorman, L.A., Ashton, C., 1997. The productivity of salt marsh vegetation at Tollesbury, Essex and Stiffkey, Norfolk, England. Mangroves and Saltmarshes 1, 113126.
- Chang, Y.H., Scrimshaw, M.D., MacLeod, C.L., Lester, J.N., 2001. Flood defence in the Blackwater estuary, Essex, UK: The impact of sedimentological and geochemical changes on salt marsh development in the Tollesbury managed realignment site. Marine Pollution Bulletin 42(6), 470-481.
- Garbutt, R.A., Reading, C.J., Wolters, M., Gray, A.J., Rothery, P., 2006. Monitoring the development of intertidal habitats on former agricultural land after the managed realignment of coastal defences at Tollesbury, Essex, UK. Marine Pollution Bulletin 53(1-4), 155-164.
- http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090514092004/http://www.eclife.naturalengland.org.uk/project_details/good_practice_guide/habitatcrr/ENRestore/CHaMPs/EssexEstuaries/RealignmentSites/Tollesbury/Summary.htm
- Parker, R., Bolam, S., Foden, J., Morris, D., Brown, S., Chesher, T., Fletcher, C., Möller, I. 2004. Suitability Criteria for Habitat Creation Report I: Reviews of present practices and scientific literature relevant to site selection criteria. DEFRA R&D Technical Report FD1917TR1. Defra, London, 178p.
- Reading, C.J., Garbutt, R.A., Watts, C.W., Rothery, P., Turk, A., Yates, M., Boffey, C., Saunders, J. and Wolters, M., 2008. Managed realignment at Tollesbury. Defra R&D Technical Report FD 1922/TR. Center for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) Wallingford, 126p; available at: http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Document.aspx?Document=FD1922_7435_TRP.pdf
- Reading, C.J., Paramor, O.A.L., Garbutt, R.A., Chesher, R., Hall, J.R., Hughes, R.G., Mann, J.L., Masters, N.D., Myhill, D.G., Rothery, P., Spearman, J.R., Stevenson, J.R., Wolters, M., Gray, A.J., 2002. Managed realignment at Tollesbury and Saltram. Final report. Defra Project CSA2313. Dorchester, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, 199p.
- Wolters, M., Garbutt, A., Bakker, J.P., 2005. Salt-marsh restoration: evaluating the success of de-embankments in north-west Europe. Biological Conservation 123(22), 249-268.
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