Environmental pressure group reversing decades of neglect at London’s Brent Reservoir (Welsh Harp) SSSI.
Cool Oak Lane, London
Joined December 2021
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Cool Oak retweeted
Good to see Labour’s @SteveReedMP promising a ‘commitment to revive wetlands’. Maybe he can knock some sense into @BarnetLabour and get them to block @BarrattPlc planned 200m footbridge that’ll destroy part of Brent Reservoir SSSI. A no-brainer, surely?
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Cool Oak retweeted
On the 26.2.23 and the 26.3.23 there were 2 huge community volunteer efforts to clear tonnes of rubbish from the Silk Stream area of the Welsh Harp SSSI. At that point, this pile was easily accessible from the estate hoardings, and @BarnetCouncil were meant to collect it.
Cool Oak retweeted
First of the new tern rafts going in at Brent Reservoir. Someone should be happy.
Thanks @CanalRiverTrust @CRTSouthEast @welshharpgroup
Cool Oak retweeted
Was at Brent Reservoir today. Props to @CanalRiverTrust for riverbank clearance. Lots of fallen trees, debris removed. Trash screen grill also unclogged by @EnvAgencySE. Will stop overtopping of effluence, plastics into SSSI woodland. *salutes*
(Inspired by @CoolOakGroup) ✊🌿
Cool Oak retweeted
Dam repairs have overrun at Brent Reservoir. @NaturalEngland are letting @CanalRiverTrust delay the refill until mid-April. It will LITERALLY kill the breeding season at a major SSSI. 8 months of planning, yet three empty months wasted, a stupidly late start, no contingency 🤬
Surely @NaturalEngland must reject @CanalRiverTrust’s request for a works extension to the Brent Reservoir dam repairs into the breeding season, and propose a postponement until September.
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Cool Oak retweeted
 V real prospect @CanalRiverTrust (currently spending £750k on Brent Reservoir dam repairs) will twist NE’s arm into works extension past Mar 1 and into breeding season at a key SSSI. If so, effect on wildlife could be disastrous. Mothball works until Sept. Best option surely!
We've just posted a campaign update to kickstart the new year!
Find out about the ongoing draining of the reservoir, new restoration projects, the battle to save the fragile north marsh, the future for one of reservoir's most famous species, and more.
cooloakgroup.com/news/19kwew…
Cool Oak retweeted
With Brent Reservoir SSSI now mostly drained for dam repairs, it’s depressing how little debris removal @CanalRiverTrust are undertaking in spite of fizzy PR campaign promises. A parking meter currently sits in shallow water by the bridge.
Lazy journalism from @bktimes and @Reaidi_. The draining of Brent Reservoir is primarily for statutory dam repairs. A tiny fraction of the budget is going towards a clean-up and habitat works. Most of the rubbish will be untouched. Tell the real story.
kilburntimes.co.uk/news/2401…
Cool Oak retweeted
Yesterday @thameswater ‘discovered’ (owned up to) 12 new sewage overflows that currently all feed into Brent Reservoir SSSI. As if we hadn’t already guessed. You can’t make this up. Take a stand. ✊🌿🦢
(Thanks for the heads up, @Feargal_Sharkey)
Brent Reservoir will be drained for three months this winter. We look at @CanalRiverTrust's plans.
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30% of the north marsh still brutally threatened by the planned @Barrattplc and @BarnetCouncil footbridge, but this is GREAT news for unaffected areas.
Fought for 2 yrs with @CoolOakGroup to help my local Brent Reservoir SSSI following years of neglect.
Today owner @CanalRiverTrust confirmed they’re preparing a 5 yr restoration plan and 30 yr stewardship plan for the fragile marshes.
Win! 🎉
Props to @CanalRiverTrust for this appeal to help clean up Brent Reservoir, but 5 days of large debris removal by contractors and a few shoreline litter-picks by volunteers will barely scratch the surface of what needs to be done. 1/2
crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-us-…
Cool Oak retweeted
Great to see @tomheapmedia’s latest Climate Show shine a light on the plight of Brent Reservoir with @Feargal_Sharkey and Ben Morris’s @BrentPollution team.
Inspired? Follow our local campaign at @CoolOakGroup
youtu.be/sEu3Utz0XLA?feature…
Cool Oak retweeted
The reed warblers have finished breeding, so had a great morning scything and trampling reeds at Brent Reservoir to improve views from main hide. One day we’ll get a digger from @CanalRiverTrust to reshape the reed bed. Until then, it’s old school volunteer labour. 💪🌿🦢
Cool Oak retweeted
I’ve fought for 3 yrs for Brent Reservoir (Welsh Harp), so salute the ambitious vision published this week by owners.
And yet, a habitat-wrecking bridge that threatens its SSSI status is still going ahead.
Owners can’t have it both ways. Read my take.
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