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Wealden River Floodplains

Wealden River Floodplains

Landscape Character Type and Key habitats

  • Floodplain grazing marsh and ditch systems
  • Lowland fens wet woodland

Actions for nature

  • Maintain floodplain habitats
  • Restore floodplains, create wet woodland, reedbeds and wetland features
  • Manage lowland fens

Nature-friendly actions

  • Plant bank side trees
  • Create riverside corridors of natural habitat as a buffer to other land uses
  • Increase species diversity in semi improved and improved grasslands
  • Restore and create ponds
  • Monitor and control invasive non-native species

Key sensitivities

  • Flat open character
  • Meandering channels and network of tributaries
  • Floodplain meadows, bankside trees and other wetland habitats

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