The channel bypasses an old mill structure which limited fish movement upstream.
... which helps species like this grass snake move up the brook
"Tackling this key barrier has opened up over 3km of habitat to the migration of fish and other species on this rare chalk stream," a spokesperson for the Environment Agency said.globally rare and the majority of them are found in southern EnglandThe Chalgrove Brook is also home to the River Thame's only confirmed self-sustaining wild brown trout population.Native brown trout have been caught from upstream and downstream of the old weir and translocated into the new channel...
Rick Bennet, owner of Babylon Plants in Watlington, supports RTCT in cultivating the site with seeding and planting of native floodplain meadow and aquatic plants, trees and the establishment of hedgerows. He said they have "already successfully introduced crowfoot" and that he is hoping "one day it is a thriving and diverse ecosystem teeming with fish and other life".
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