My second post of the day is about the site visit we undertook with Steve Barrrett, Bob Wilkin, Derek Hilton-Brown, Paul Quinn and I. We started in Callerton, looking at the source of the Ouseburn and we agreed that the pond is currently silting up and need some management. It might be the only wetland in Newcastle and it would be a shame if the City loses it.
We then went to look at a pond stuck between the A696 and the Metro line, the Ouseburn discharges into the pond via a small pipe and there seems to be no outlet pipe, hence the small inlet pipe. North of the pond, there is a hollow where water stands.
We also went to Gosforth Golf Course where we had a meeting with the Club Committee and we found that the the Golf Course has been shut 50 days this year due to floodwater still present on the course.
We finished our site visit with Jesmond Dene, looking at a weir near Pet's Corner, that Sarah from Jesmond Dene Ranger services would like to remove.
Anyway, I have uploaded some photographs of the site visit, have a look here:
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| Site visit in November 2008 - Fact finding missing in the Ouseburn catchment |
Sebastien
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