Consult and deliver on chalk stream habitat restoration, enhancement and fishery maintenace.
Broader conservation and estate management projects including tree and ground works.
Fly fishing guide in fresh and saltwater.
Garden design and maint.
I have 25 years of experience in creating and maintaining beautiful, bio-diverse chalkstream habitats. I have taken near derelict streams from a state of utter neglect and created wonderfully complex aquatic eco-systems.
I combine modern thinking with traditional materials and try to ensure that willdlife benefits from every intervention. The chlakstreams are wonderful fisheries and I always try to balance my 'habitat first' approach with the requirements of the fishery.
To achieve my ends, I use my skills with chainsaws, diggers and dumpers as well as the more artisanal work with hazel faggots and willow spiling.
I believe in managing for invertebrates. This forces us to think of plants first. The rest follows from there.
I also carry out a broader range of estate management tasks such as fencing, tree and ground works.
Working with a garden designer friend, I can also offer garden design, creation and maintenance alongside pond design, installation and maintenance.
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