Salix River & Wetland Services Limited has started dredging/desilting activities at the Woodberry Wetlands in East London.
The work is part of the London Wildlife Trust’s £1.5 million project to bring new nature reserve to London, opening this summer.
As part of the development, the company will be dredging silt from the reservoir to create 13,000 square meters of new reedbed, more than doubling this important habitat at the reservoir for east London’s wildlife.
Aquatic diggers will move silt from the reservoir bed and place it behind submerged fences made of hazel and chestnut.
The improved habitat from the desilting work and then creation of new reedbeds and wetland areas will improve habitat for wildlife such as damselflies, dragonflies, reed buntings, reed warblers and the rare bittern.