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Volume 2: Full Reviews of Reports OUSE WASHES LITERATURE REVIEW VOLUME 2: FULL REVIEWS OF REPORTS May 2015 Mere Oak Ecology Mere Oak Farm Rowley Westbury Shrewsbury Shropshire SY5 9RY T. 01743 891492 [email protected] OUSE WASHES LITERATURE REVIEW VOLUME 2 FULL REVIEWS OF REPORTS May 2015 Mere Oak Ecology Mere Oak Farm Rowley Westbury Shrewsbury Shropshire SY5 9RY T. 01743 891492 [email protected] 1 CONTENTS 1. ENGLISH NATURE, 1993. THE OUSE WASHES MANAGEMENT STRATEGY; INTRODUCTORY PAPER. LAMBERT, S.J.J. ............................................................................................................ 1 2. LAMBERT, S.J.J. UNDATED (1994?). OUSE WASHES MANAGEMENT STRATEGY – MANAGEMENT OF WOODY VEGETATION. ENGLISH NATURE. ............................................... 7 3. REPORT NO 49. RAMSAR ADVISORY MISSION (RAM) OUSE WASHES RAMSAR SITE, UNITED KINGDOM. 5-8 NOVEMBER 2001. ROEL POSTHOORN, ECKHART KUIJKEN & TOBIAS SALATHÉ ................................................................................................................................................. 8 4. CATHCART, R. 2001. EFFECTS OF NUTRIENT LOADING ON DITCH FAUNS AND FLORA IN THE OUSE WASHES: CURRENT IMPACTS AND POTENTIAL MITIGATION. INTERIM REPORT. ....... 16 5. CATHCART, R. 2002. EFFECTS OF NUTRIENT LOADING ON THE DITCH FLORA OF THE OUSE WASHES: CURRENT IMPACTS AND POTENTIAL MITIGATION. UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE M.Phil. .................................................................................................................................... 17 6. OUSE WASHES WATER LEVEL MANAGEMENT PLAN, PREPARED BY HALCROW GROUP LTD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY. ........................................................................................ 33 7. ENVIRONMENT AGENCY ANGLIAN REGION, DECEMBER 2002. HYDRO-ECOLOGICAL REVIEW OF SELECTED EUROPEAN SITES. OUSE WASHES cSAC/OUSE WASHES SPA – OUSE WASHES SSSI CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK. ENTEC UK LTD. ................................................................. 49 8. ENVIRONMENT AGENCY, OUSE AND NENE STRATEGIC STUDIES. OUSE WASHES: WATER AND NUTRIENT LEVEL ANALYSIS. DECEMBER 2003 (c), ENTEC UK LTD. ............................... 77 9. BLACK & VEATCH, 2003. INVESTIGATIONS INTO SOLUTIONS TO WATER QUANTITY PROBLEMS AFFECTING THE SPECIAL NATURE CONSERVATION INTERESTS OF THE OUSE WASHES. ENGLISH NATURE. ................................................................................................ 100 10. GRAHAM, J. 2003.OUSE WASHES – HYDRO-ECOLOGICAL PRESCRIPTIONS FOR FAVOURABLE CONDITION. ENGLISH NATURE. ........................................................................................... 103 11. ENVIRONMENT AGENCY – ANGLIAN REGION. OUSE WASHES HABITAT CREATION: BUSINESS CASE FOR THE NEXT 5 YEARS OF INVESTIGATION, LAND PURCHASE AND PERMISSIONS. MARCH 2007. ....................................................................................................................... 108 12. A SUMMARY OF THE WATER QUALITY INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN THE NATURAL ENGLAND OUSE WASHES FILES. BAYLISS, S. 2008. .............................................................. 114 13. A REPEAT TRANSECT VEGETATION SURVEY OF THE OUSE WASHES – A REPORT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY. JONATHAN GRAHAM, FENLAND BOTANICAL SURVEYS, 2008. .. 119 14. GREAT OUSE AND OUSE WASHES: CATCHMENT APPRAISAL REFRESH PROFORMA, 2009. DJL AGRONOMICS, FULSTOW, LOUTH, LINCLONSHIRE LN11 OXR. ........................................... 121 15. COMMON STANDARDS MONITORING CONDITION ASSESSMENTS OF THE OUSE WASHES SSSI, CSM SURVEY REPORT, OCTOBER 2009. WWT CONSULTING. ..................................... 126 16. BLACK & VEATCH, 2005. MONITORING OF THE WASH AND OUSE WASHES IN 2004 FOR THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME. SECOND ANNUAL REPORT. ESSEX AND SUFFOLK WATER. ................................................................................................................................ 130 i 17. BLACK & VEATCH, 2010. MONITORING OF THE WASH AND OUSE WASHES IN 2008 FOR THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME. SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT. ESSEX AND SUFFOLK WATER. ................................................................................................................................ 133 18. BLACK & VEATCH, 2010. MONITORING OF THE WASH AND OUSE WASHES IN 2009 FOR THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME. SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT. ESSEX AND SUFFOLK WATER. ................................................................................................................................ 135 19. OUSE WASHES AND PORTHOLME DIFFUSE WATER POLLUTION PLAN, NATURAL ENGLAND AND THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY, 2010. NOTE THIS DOCUMENT IS STILL LIVE AND ON AT LEAST VERSION 11, 31 MARCH 2014. .................................................................................. 138 20. NATURAL ENGLAND. IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME FOR ENGLAND’S NATURA 2000 SITES (IPENS). 18 DECEMBER 2012 & DIFFUSE WATER POLLUTION THEME WORKSHOP NOTE, NATURAL ENGLAND, 5 SEPTEMBER 2013. .......................................................................... 146 21. IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME FOR ENGLAND’S NATURA 2000 SITES (IPENS). SITE IMPROVEMENT PLAN – OUSE WASHES. NATURAL ENGLAND, 19 DECEMBER 2014. ......... 149 ii 1. ENGLISH NATURE, 1993. THE OUSE WASHES MANAGEMENT STRATEGY; INTRODUCTORY PAPER. LAMBERT, S.J.J. To ensure that traditional management continues English Nature is co-ordinating preparation of a Management Strategy for the Ouse Washes in partnership with the National Rivers Authority, the Hundred Foot Washes Internal Drainage Board, nature conservation organisations, wildfowling organisations and agricultural interests. The Management Strategy will attempt to integrate the aspirations of all those people and organisations who have an interest in the Washes. This paper is the first in a series of discussion papers which will be produced during the coming year. It provides a statement of the conservation and flood defence value of the site, identifies the issues which need to be addressed to ensure the long term maintenance of these values and identifies the partners who will have a significant role in this process. It is also the first stage in what will be an ongoing consultation mechanism. 1.2 Background to the strategy The concept of a management strategy for the Ouse Washes is not new. In the early 1970's, the Nature Conservancy assembled a group of interested parties who together produced a preliminary management strategy document. Unfortunately this initiative was not pursued, largely because of lack of resources. In August 1991 the National Rivers Authority produced a document entitled "Ouse Washes Flood Control" which examined the possibilities for reducing the frequency of summer flooding on the Ouse Washes. An important part of the preferred flood alleviation option was the implementation of a management strategy for the site. This proposal was very much in agreement with English Nature's thinking at the time, and it was agreed that these two statutory bodies should jointly promote the concept of a management strategy, in partnership with the other bodies who have a role in managing the site. English Nature are co-ordinating the strategy and appointed a Project Officer in July 1992. 1.3 The Management Strategy Process The first stage in the management strategy process was to bring together all those bodies who have a major role in managing the Ouse Washes. In January 1992 a Management Strategy Group was established. Initially the group will guide production of the management strategy. Subsequently it will act as a forum for communication and will co-ordinate implementation of the strategy. Members of the group include: English Nature; The National Rivers Authority; The Hundred Foot Washes Internal Drainage Board; The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds; The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust; The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire; The British Association for Shooting and Conservation; Fenland Wildfowlers Association; Ely and District Wildfowlers Association; The National Farmers Union; The graziers. It is envisaged that the management strategy will be progressed through a series of discussion papers. This general introductory paper is the first of the series. Subsequently detailed 1 discussion papers will be produced on each of the key issues identified in this introductory paper, see section 6. Completion of these is scheduled for February 1994. 1.4 Objectives of this paper. The Introductory paper has five main objectives: 1. To provide a statement on the history, hydrology, and wildlife of the Ouse Washes; 2. To emphasise the importance of the Ouse Washes for nature conservation and flood defence; 3. To propose the key issues affecting the management of the Ouse Washes; 4. To identify the partners who have a role in the long term conservation of the site; 5. To provide a basis upon which interested parties can comment. 3. Hydrological overview 3.2 Operation during a major flood. Under normal conditions water from the Great Ouse flows down the Hundred Foot River, with a small release to the Old West River through Hermitage Lock. When water levels in the Great Ouse upstream of Earith rise beyond a pre-set level, Earith Sluice opens automatically and water flows down the Old Bedford/Delph River. The levels which determine the opening of Earith sluice are set by Act of Parliament and are 3.17m ODN in the winter (November to March) and 3.77m ODN in the summer (April to October). As levels in the Old Bedford/Delph rise water flows over its south-east or right bank onto the Washes. 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