27th October 2024 – Riverbank Maintenance
The work was concerned with general upkeep of the river banks. This consisted of overhanging branches, hedges and tidying up of several lengths of riverbank. The work was distributed in…
The work was concerned with general upkeep of the river banks. This consisted of overhanging branches, hedges and tidying up of several lengths of riverbank. The work was distributed in…
The weather this year has caused the extensive growth of weed in the streams feeding into the upper courses of the River Itchen. The one danger this makes is when…
The Hinton Ampner Estate has been rewilding a number of fields on its property portfolio. This image shows the difference on the fields Kilmeston Lane & Springshott. Both were taken…
The task was to open out the channel immediately after the B3046 adjacent to the Itchen Source Pond. Avoidance of this task would cause the water draining from the pond…
The work was split into two locations. On the Bramdean/Kilmeston Stream alongside the B3046 and further downstream in the village close to Admirals Bridge. The former was the clearance of…
To allow the Environment Agency and... to begin the long term river maintenance programme, the group cleared weeds in the river and on the river and riverbanks around the village.
This effort was centred on the Island near the Kilmeston Crossroads. It is on the Bramdean Stream. Martin clearing weeds near the B3046 Weed Clearance further upstream. Martin (another), Pat…
On a cheerier day than a year ago the group continued the tree and hedging planting scheme. They were ably assisted by the Cheriton & Alresford Scout Group. Planting started…
On the opposite side of the road to the Source of the Itchen, the group cleared the river and the river banks to improve the flow of the river. This…
In order to protect the emerging tree saplings, the hedges around each sapling needs to be trimmed to allow the hedge cutting to be safely carried out. This is a…