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LIFE WADER

Active Started 2021-10-01 Northumberland and south Scotland, river catchment, rivers, tributaries and coastal 408 views

About

LIFE WADER is a five-year project aimed at improving the condition of the river, intertidal and marine habitats of the Northumberland coast and Tweed catchment for the species that depend on them.

LIFE WADER has taken a catchment to coast approach to nature recovery looking at the bigger picture through a landscape-scale lens. Spanning 70,242ha from the SE Scottish border along the Northumbrian coast, including the Tweed catchment, and the Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve.

LIFE WADER is led by Natural England in partnership with Environment Agency, Tweed Forum and Newcastle University and co-funded by the European Commission.

Aim

The EU LIFE WADER project 2021-2026 is a five-year cross-border project that has taken a catchment to coast approach to nature recovery across 70,242ha of the river Tweed Catchment from the SE Scottish border along the Northumbrian coast and including the Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve. The project focuses on building resilience and improving the condition of 49,000ha of river, intertidal and marine habitats of the Northumberland coast and Tweed catchment for the species that depend on them. LIFE WADER tackles four major issues prevalent in the area: declining water quality, excessive algal growth, increasing spread of invasive species and growing recreational pressure on wildlife habitats. 

How to participate

Community groups, NGOs e.g. rivers trusts, wildlife trusts known to partners are invited to get involved in specific projects and activities e.g. one-off or 3 month projects.

General volunteer recruitment through project website contact form for continuous opportunities such as INNS removal days and wildlife surveys/monitoring.

Students are also offered projects through the University partner

Impact and insights

ongoing: water quality analysis, INNS identification and control, and bird population counts, all moving towards improvement. to follow

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Project data

No published data has been added to this project yet.