Swindale Beck

Swindale Beck is a stream in Cumbria, England. It is formed at Swindale Head where Mosedale Beck, from the slopes of Tarn Crag, joins Hobgrumble Beck from Selside Pike. The stream flows north-east along Swindale and joins the River Lowther near Rosgill between Shap and Bampton. Its waters then flow via the River Eamont into the Solway Firth.

Swindale Beck

It had been straightened to clear land for grazing, before 1859.[1][2] but in 2016, 750 m of straightened channel was replaced with 890 m of a new sinuous channel, reconnecting the stream to its surrounding floodplain.[1][3] This resulted in a rapid and marked improvement in its diversity.[4] In 2022 the project was awarded the European Riverprize.[4]

References

"Case study:Swindale Beck Restoration". Restoring Europe's Rivers. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
"Swindale Beck restored bends benefit breeding fish". BBC News. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
Schofield, Lee. "The Shining River - RSPB England - Our work - The RSPB Community". community.rspb.org.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
Laville, Sandra (26 December 2022). "Diversity returns to Lakeland stream after restoration puts its bends back". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 December 2022.

External links

"Swindale Beck" (video, 4m26s). RSPB. 4 August 2017.

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[restoring-1] "Case study:Swindale Beck Restoration". Restoring Europe's Rivers. Retrieved 30 July 2020.

[2] "Swindale Beck restored bends benefit breeding fish". BBC News. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2021.

[schofield-3] Schofield, Lee. "The Shining River - RSPB England - Our work - The RSPB Community". community.rspb.org.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2021.

[Laville-4] Laville, Sandra (26 December 2022). "Diversity returns to Lakeland stream after restoration puts its bends back". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 December 2022.