Aquatic restoration

October - November 2023

June - October 2023

May 2023 - March 2024

Ongoing since April 2023

Ongoing since April 2023

March - June 2023

March 2023 - March 2025

Ongoing since February 2023

February - April 2023

October - November 2022

July - December 2022

Ongoing since July 2022

October - November 2021

October 2021 - March 2025

Ongoing since September 2021

Ongoing since September 2021

Using Environmental Impact Bonds to finance the construction of wetlands to improve water quality in the river Stiffkey

August 2021 - June 2023

April - May 2021

A custom-built fish pass has been installed in Wymondham to allow native fish and invertebrates to continue their natural migration upstream of Becketswell bridge

Ongoing since January 2021

Ongoing since October 2020

Norfolk Rivers Trust and the Norfolk Non-native Species Initiative (NNNSI) have joined forces to remove Himalayan Balsam from the Wensum catchment.

November 2019 - February 2020

Walkovers have taken place in the Lark and Little Ouse river catchments to determine the status of diffuse pollution in these areas. Following this, a report has been produced to identify the mitigation measures that can be employed to prevent ...

March 2019

January 2019

October 2018

Work took place on the Stiffkey near Little Snoring to diversify a dark and canalised stretch of the river. Meanders were formed using large woody debris that was cut from the bank. As well as creating some deeper pool sections, this work will ...

October 2018 - January 2019

A section of a River Wensum tributary, which had previously been dredged, embanked and re-aligned, has been restored as part of a wider Natural Flood Management and Habitat Improvement project.

March - May 2018

In a project funded by the Environment Agency, we have worked to reduce sediment mobilisation within the catchment.

October 2017 - May 2018

A new wetland has been constructed to provide a natural, low-cost and sustainable water treatment method - whilst avoiding the installation of costly and carbon-intensive nutrient stripping techniques.

July 2016 - November 2017

August - September 2015

In September 2015, Norfolk Rivers Trust began a two-week restoration project in partnership with the Environment Agency, downstream of Bodney.

March 2015

Norfolk Rivers Trust, King’s Lynn Internal Drainage Board and the Borough Council teamed up to improve an abandoned area of King’s Lynn known as the Seven Sisters Drain.

January - March 2015

Following discussions with English Heritage and the owners at Baconsthorpe Castle, we de-silted the pond to preserve the habitat for the rare and wonderous crucian carp.

November 2014 - March 2015

Working in partnership with Buxton Conservation Trust, Natural England and former RSPB expert Norman Sills, 12 hectares of land at Stiffkey Fen SSSI have been restored.

October 2014 - September 2015

A pilot 'integrated constructed wetland' was created alongside the Mun, as it runs through Templewood Estate.

October 2014 - March 2015

Work has taken place to improve the habitat diversity and wildlife at a heavily modified section of the River Nar between Pentney Abbey and Blackborough End.

Ongoing since August 2014

The Cam and Ely Ouse (CamEO) Catchment Partnership is co-hosted by Anglian Water and the Norfolk Rivers Trust.

August - September 2014

A new meandering river channel has been created at the Bayfield Estate in Norfolk.

June - November 2014

As part of a series of river restoration projects on the River Nar, Norfolk Rivers Trust have resurrected an exceptionally intact but disconnected river channel.

June 2014

A new project has been undertaken to restore a section of the River Ingol near to Snettisham.

January 2014 - March 2015

September - October 2013

Norfolk Rivers Trust, Norfolk Rivers Internal Drainage Board (IDB) and Cain Bio-Engineering teamed up to restore a large section of the River Nar at West Acre.

September 2013 - March 2014

We re-built and strengthened the pond wall which was beginning to crumble as trees were growing too close to the edge.

July 2013 - February 2015

Work has been undertaken to address several issues that were occurring across a 3km stretch of the upper Babingley.

March 2013 - March 2014

We have worked to restore several hundred metres of river bank habitat next to the car park at the Lavender Mill in West Norfolk.

January 2013 - March 2015

Norfolk Rivers Trust has worked with farmers in the upper Glaven to reduce the amount of sediment run-off reaching the river by retention and trapping.

December 2012 - May 2013

In 2012 and 2013, Norfolk Rivers Trust part-funded a project by the Environment Agency and the River Glaven Angling Association to restore a section of the River Glaven upstream of Wiveton.

October 2012

Working with the Coca-Cola and WWF Freshwater Partnership, Norfolk Rivers Trust have undertaken measures to improve the health of the chalk-fed River Nar.

October 2012 - March 2015

A variety of conservation, education and community projects have taken place on nine chalk-fed rivers in Norfolk.

January 2012

In an area that is accessible to the public, forty-two riffle sequences have been created in two uniform sections of the River Nar channel.

January 2012 - January 2020

Co-hosted by the Broads Authority and Norfolk Rivers Trust, the Broadland Catchment Partnership was formed in 2012. It comprises a range of organisations, groups, businesses and individuals dedicated to working together.