E.U. LIFE Nature Programme (LIFE 05/NAT/UK/000143) Strategic Restoration and Management (STREAM) of the River Avon SAC and Avon Valley SPA Action A3 - Methodology for strategic planning of ditch restoration across the Avon Valley SPA Action A2 – Review and Assessment of Methods to Protect SAC Fish Species from entrapment in the Avon Valley SPA ditch networks David Solomon October 2007 i Front cover picture. A James Coventry photograph of the Harbridge Stream and Harbridge Church, winter 1897-8. Reproduced with permission from the Hampshire Record Office (HRO 33M84/25/07). A modern-day view from the same spot is presented in the Appendix (Appendix Figure 16). Contractor:- Dr David Solomon, Foundry Farm, Kiln Lane, Redlynch, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP5 2HT, UK. Email
[email protected] ii Contents 1 Introduction..........................................................................................................1 1.1 Background and terms of reference. ..............................................................1 1.2 The study area................................................................................................2 1.3 The approach taken in this study ...................................................................3 2 Conservation status..............................................................................................4 2.1 Introduction....................................................................................................4 2.2 Avon Valley SSSI..........................................................................................4