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Environment group Combining urban and rural features and focused on the river Itchen, Hyde is fortunate is having a diverse local environment within a small scale. The Hyde900 Environmental Group is dedicated to enjoying, understanding and improving Hyde through a combination of activities, guided tours and publications. Established activities already include:
We also hope to organise in 2010 a series of guided walks through Hyde together with some lectures and publications on the Hyde900 website about aspects of the Hyde environment. Who we need: Active participants/volunteers Contact: Lawrence Talks (lawrence.talks@btinternet.com) Pollution Prevention Project Posted on 09:49, November 21st, 2011 by Site admin
The Hyde900 environment officer, Lawrence Talks, has been working tirelessly over a number of years to produce a ground breaking project to warn people about the pollution of the water courses. This has now come to fruition and the
 design of the plaques is being finalised. The plaques will be placed near to drains in the district.The purpose of the drain markers is to reduce pollution in the Nuns’ Stream by making people aware that certain road drains drain directly into the stream. If polluting matter is poured down the drain it may kill fish and other wildlife. Over the last 10 years there have been at least 10 pollution incidents in the Nuns’ Stream caused, for example, by builders washing out cement mixers. This pilot scheme will be one of the first of its kind in the country.
We would welcome suggestions about the wording to appear on the plaques. (The attached photograph is an American example). The Environment Agency has suggested something like ‘DON’T POLLUTE’ ‘DRAINS TO RIVER’.
If you have any ideas please forward them onto Steve Marper, who will be co-ordinating responses his email is: steve.marper@hotmail.com
Nuns’ Stream gets a pre-Christmas make-overPosted on 18:50, December 3rd, 2010 by Site admin
The Nuns’ Stream, which flows through the centre of Hyde in Winchester, has recently been given a makeover through the creation of pools and riffles using 20 tonnes of locally sourced gravel. This work represents the latest phase in an ongoing project to rejuvenate the Nuns’ Stream, which is being led by the Environment Agency in partnership with Hyde900, Winchester City Council, the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust and the Wild Trout Trust. The pools and riffles that have been created are both visually attractive, with the stream now bubbling over gravel bars and snaking its way down the channel, and great for wildlife such as the wild brown trout and grey wagtail. Given a bit more flow, it is hoped that wild brown trout will successfully spawn in this popular stream. The work, which was carried out by Wessex Land and Water Ltd. a local firm based near Romsey, is a great example of a community partnership project that makes a real difference to people’s local environment. Lawrence Talks, Regional Fisheries Specialist for the Environment Agency, said: “The work we have done here will make a real difference to local fish stocks, and will support other species of wildlife that live in and around the stream. “Many local children walk alongside the Nuns’ Stream on their way to St Bede Primary School. It is great to see their interest and fascination in the stream whether it be trying to spot a wild brown trout sheltering under a bridge or seeing the azure blue flash of a kingfisher as it darts along.” In the Spring there are plans to establish native wetland plants at the stream such as yellow iris and purple loosestrife. Volunteers will be welcome to come along and help Hyde900 in this work. The United Nations has declared 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity. As part of this, the Environment Agency’s Fisheries Biodiversity teams have been carrying out projects to give wildlife a further boost, including restoring habitats for native species and digging ponds. First phase of Nuns Stream work completePosted on 21:20, December 16th, 2009 by akThe first step in the plan to revive the Nuns Stream through Hyde is complete. Following detailed studies and measurements of the existing wildlife, a band of volunteers laboured away last week to create gravel “berms” and shelves along the walled-in section of the stream between Monks Road and King Alfred’s Place. This will encourage the stream to take a more sinuous path along its channel, eventually creating areas for plants, insects and fish to flourish.
Nun’s Stream improvementsPosted on 15:07, November 8th, 2009 by Site admin
Please have a look at the plans and let us know what you think. The project is a partnership between the Environment Agency, Winchester City Council and Hyde900, and is being co-ordinated by Lawrence Talks. The documents for download are a supporting document that describes the project, and two large-scale plans showing how the stream would be altered.
To find out more, contact Lawrence Talks: email lawrence.talks@btinternet.com. |
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