The improvements will increase access to the meadows & is part of Mend the Gap.

Mend the Gap is jointly run by the Chilterns & North Wessex Downs National Landscapes. The project is enhancing areas of the Goring Gap negatively impacted by the electrification of the Great Western mainline.

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Funded by Thames Water & working in partnership with a range of NGOs, farmers, local authorities, government bodies & local communities, the project is delivering tangible benefits – at a catchment scale – for both people & the natural environment.
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Wetlands are among the most diverse habitats on Earth; 40% of all plant & animal species depend on them to live or breed. They store vast amounts of carbon – making them vital in controlling the impacts of climate change. (🧵4/4)

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Mend the Gap has funded approx. 20,000 m2 (3 football pitches) of wetland in a former crop field on the Sulham Estate, in the south Chilterns.

Wet-loving plant species will provide habitat for a variety of species, from dragonflies to wading birds. (🧵3/4)

📸 Sulham wetland (ARK)

@chilternstreams.bsky.social worked with a number of landowners to create 2,500 m2 (1/2 a football pitch) of wetland in the Hambleden valley as part of wider restoration to the Hamble Brook – a winterbourne chalk stream. (🧵2/4)

📸 Hambleden wetland (@hedleythorne.bsky.social)