SRA Annual Report 2022-23: Natural Flood Management for Doniford catchment farms
An ongoing initiative to help reduce flooding problems across the catchment of the Doniford Stream in West Somerset. Three new schemes were completed this year, following four Doniford catchment NFM schemes in 2021-22.
At Birchanger Farm near Monksilver, fencing and gateways were installed to help manage stock around new wet woodland, all SRA-funded.
At Triscombe Farm, Triscombe a cascade of six leaky dams was created along a tributary of the Doniford Stream, using coppiced hedgerow materials.
At Higher Preston Farm, Lydeard St Lawrence, 50 wet woodland trees (such as alder, willow, birch and hazel) were planted across flow pathways below a new barn.