The River Annan
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The River Annan Trust & District Salmon Fishery Board
Restoring Annan Water
RAW is an ambitious catchment scale programme that aims to restore habitats and natural processes to the River Annan and investigate the benefits they can bring to both people and wildlife. This will include a number of programmes:
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Habitat restoration and creation
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Natural flood management
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Restoring natural river functions
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Barrier removal/easement
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Invasive Species Control
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Community engagement & education
W11 Quercus petraea-Betula pubescens-Oxalis acetosella woodland
(Upland oak-birch woodland with bluebell/wild hyacinth)
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Plot: 02 (steep west bank)
Grid ref: NT 07576 07115
Species Cover
Downy Birch (Betula pubescens) 8
Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) 6
Sessile Oak (Quercus petraea) 4
Hazel (Corylus avellana) 2
Spruce (Picea sp.) 1
Beech (Fagus sylvatica) 1
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Wavy Hair-grass (Deschampsia flexuosa) 8
Wood-sorrel (Oxalis acetosella) 7
Common Bent (Agrostis capillaris) 6
Little Shaggy-moss (Rhytidiadelphus loreus) 6
Big Shaggy-moss (Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus) 6
Common Tamarisk-moss (Thuidium tammeriscinum) 5
Broad Buckler-fern (Dryopteris dilatata) 3
Great Wood-rush (Luzula sylvatica) 3
Sessile Oak (Quercus petraea) seedlings 2
Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) seedlings 1
Common Hair Cap Moss (Polytrichum commune) +3
Tormentil (Potentilla erecta) +3
Sweet Vernal-grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum) +3
Male-fern (Dryopteris filix-mas) +3
Brambles (Rubus fruticosus) +1
Key to Domin Scale
Domin (cover) Values
10 = 91-100%
9 = 76-75%
8 = 51-75%
7 = 34-50%
6 = 26-33%
5 = 11-25%
4 = 4-10%
3 = < 4% (many individuals)
2 = < 4% (several individuals)
1 = < 4% (few individuals
+1 = outside of sample but part of community
Contact
The RAW Project, Fisheries Office, Annandale Estates,
St Ann's, Lockerbie, DG11 1HQ
Tel: 01576 470600
Latest News
The minutes of the latest RAW meeting are now availabe here.
Raw Project 2015