Treeclear UK recently completed peatland restoration for Cumbria Wildlife Trust (Burns Beck). Check out further details of the case study as well as images taken from the project.
- Client: Cumbria Wildlife Trust
- Location: Burns Beck, Killington, Kendal, Cumbria.
- Size: 10Ha
- Status: Degraded SSSi
About The Site / Project
TreeClear UK were requested to action and implement various restoration techniques for our client, Cumbria Wildlife Trust at Burns Beck, Kendal.
This is one of few SSSIs in this part of the country that has been significantly degraded due to a combination of human activities, natural causes, and poor management.
Our highly-experienced and dedicated team were requested to carry out two phases of restoration:
Phase 1: With only 3 weeks to complete we had to mulch the line of the new river, dig the settlement ponds, excavate the new channel, install the timber dams and finish all in-river works which were all done and completed on time.
Phase 2: The remainder of the peatland restoration works consisted of mulching the whole site, deep trench bunding around the perimeter, creating all the cell bunds and installing the water control systems. We had a seven-week window to complete these works and completed a fortnight before the deadline.
Individual works included:
- Clearing line of river channel
- Creating new river channel
- Water filtration
- Built heavy-duty dams
- Connecting new river channel
- Deep trench bunding
- Cell bunds
- Installing water control system