Finalists in the RRC River Prize
Salix were principle contractors on the fantastic River Nairn Project This video tells the story of the river restoration project at the Aberarder Estate on the River Nairn, we worked…
5 Star Water Vole Accommodation Ready to accept new Tenants
Water Vole in the classic Pringle tube Salix provide the perfect habitat for water voles. The Highways England £1.5bn A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme includes a major new bypass…
Enhancements on Riverside Walk
Salix proposed a river enhancement design with the main aim of increasing base flow, reducing low flows and narrowing the channel using vegetated wet berms of varying widths, locally sourced…
Bridge Repairs – Environmentally Sensitive Pre-filled Rock Solutions for Scour Prevention
Salix were brought in to replace hard engineered concreted scour protection with far more sensitive and effective Rock Bags XL.
The advantages of Salix Bioengineering Solutions V Blockstone on two Welsh Rivers – Case Study Evidence
Eight years on and vegetative erosion control is a massive success on the River Cleddau as an alternative to blockstone.
Significant enhancement in infauna diversity measured in artificial rock and shell reefs
Recent research into habitat complexity and biodiversity in artificial reefs used Salix’s Rock Rolls and reef netting for its field study. Artificial reefs are created for marine and coastal environments…
Dawn Chorus at Woodberry Wetlands
We are always delighted to see how sites we’ve been involved with look after a year or two, and Woodberry Wetlands has been great to see develop. As part of…
Water voles prefer coir rolls
Pre-established Coir Rolls Conservation Science MSc study reports that water voles favour Coir Rolls of the five different riparian habitats studied on the Middle Level waterways. Imperial College London MSc…
Large Green Swale Project
This large roadside project involved creating 28km of green engineered roadside swales on 14km of dual carriageway. Six weeks after treatment we had significant plant growth on Type-1 aggregate. Zero…
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