Contract award record
River Kent and Tributaries SSSI
Notice details
- Published
- Category
- services
- Buyer region
- East of England
- Source
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Public buyer and contract winner
Public buyer
Defra Network eTendering PortalContract winner
South Cumbria Rivers TrustAward value£84,000
- AwardedCompleted
- StartCompleted
- EndCompleted
Work description
The River Kent is designated a Special Area of Conservation of international importance because it supports the following habitats and species which are rare or threatened in Europe:
- White-clawed (or Atlantic stream) crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) - Bullhead (Cottus gobio) - Rivers with floating vegetation often dominated by water-crowfoot (water courses of plain to montane levels with Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation) - Freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) in one of the upper tributaries
Additional information: The River Kent is designated a Special Area of Conservation of international importance because it supports the following habitats and species which are rare or threatened in Europe:
- White-clawed (or Atlantic stream) crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) - Bullhead (Cottus gobio) - Rivers with floating vegetation often dominated by water-crowfoot (water courses of plain to montane levels with Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation) - Freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) in one of the upper tributaries