Willow trees beside the Bourn Brook
The forum commissioned a survey of the willow trees alongside the Bourn Brook and subsequently provided landowners with suggestions for their management and advice on sources of funding for pollarding.
A walk along the Bourn Valley
We also produced a leaflet describing a walk along the valley using public rights of way and recently created permissive paths. This leaflet, and the survey of willow trees, was funded by 'Awards for All'. For a free leaflet contact Jean Perraton.
Riverside Meadows
We help to keep Grantchester Meadows free of litter, with the support of River Care, and retrieve litter from the river. An ecological survey has been carried out, which will form the basis for better management. Forum members, working with other organisations, help to clear litter and invasive vegetation from the other stretches of the river and from streams which cross riverside meadows.
Sustainable riverside farming
The forum helped to establish a project, run by the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group, which encouraged riverside farmers to manage their land in more environmentally friendly ways. This project has ended, but Ruth Hawksley, the new 'Water for Wildlife' Project Officer is building on the contacts made by FWAG to improve the biodiversity of the river corridor. Ruth is based at the Wildlife Trust in Cambourne.
© Christine Jennings
© Christine Jennings
