This project involved undertaking a programme of baseline ecological surveys of Severn Trent Water’s land holdings at Minworth Sewage Treatment Works. This was commissioned to assess the ecological interest of a large area of sludge lagoons.
The surveys, primarily of over-wintering birds, were used to assist in identifying re-development options for the site. The loss of open water areas was mitigated through a river restoration scheme on the River Thames, adjacent to the development site.