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News from the Somerset IDB engineering team - tweets by Iain, Rob & Phil - managing water levels and reducing flood risk in Somerset

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Installing a new #waterlevels telemetry station on Bowmead Drove, Wet Moor @IDBsomerset #waterlevelmanagement #apprenticeship

waterlevels's tweet image. Installing a new #waterlevels telemetry station on Bowmead Drove, Wet Moor @IDBsomerset #waterlevelmanagement #apprenticeship

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Field teams were out clearing surface weed at Hixham Rhyne to improve water quality. @IDBengineer @Northlevelidb @EnvAgencySW

OllySomersetEA's tweet image. Field teams were out clearing surface weed at Hixham Rhyne to improve water quality. @IDBengineer @Northlevelidb @EnvAgencySW

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Thanks @lovethelevels It's been good working with @IDBengineer @EnvAgencySW on this project. Many benefits should quickly result.

Important work by @IDBsomerset to secure a freshwater supply to the coastal grazing marshes on Pawlett Hams @waterlevels @MaRkrRSPB



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#Somerset high tide watch, monitoring a significant leak at West Clyse, Pawlett Hams #waterlevels video


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Thank you to all our IDB Members and District Councillors who attended our tour of the Axe Brue IDB drainage... fb.me/54GHtXlpn


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Axe Brue IDB inspecting the new @IDBsomerset Old River Axe Outfall: helping protect rural communities in #Somerset from flooding

IDBsomerset's tweet image. Axe Brue IDB inspecting the new @IDBsomerset Old River Axe Outfall: helping protect rural communities in #Somerset from flooding

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All credit to those managing water levels on the world-class #SomersetLevels #wetlands during these dry times @waterlevels @EnvAgencySW

lovethelevels's tweet image. All credit to those managing water levels on the world-class #SomersetLevels #wetlands during these dry times @waterlevels @EnvAgencySW

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Counting eels & elvers at Geylake Sluice #SomersetLevels #monitoring #wetlands @lovethelevels @eelgroup

waterlevels's tweet image. Counting eels & elvers at Geylake Sluice #SomersetLevels #monitoring #wetlands @lovethelevels @eelgroup

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Lovely when light catches the recently pollarded willows at #RSPBGreylake #SomersetLevels @waterlevels @vickybanham @andyheald @MaRkrRSPB

lovethelevels's tweet image. Lovely when light catches the recently pollarded willows at #RSPBGreylake #SomersetLevels @waterlevels @vickybanham @andyheald @MaRkrRSPB

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Groundwater monitoring #Glastonbury Lake Village #waterlevels already 60cm below surface (10cm lower than last year) #wetlands #heritage

waterlevels's tweet image. Groundwater monitoring #Glastonbury Lake Village #waterlevels already 60cm below surface (10cm lower than last year) #wetlands #heritage
waterlevels's tweet image. Groundwater monitoring #Glastonbury Lake Village #waterlevels already 60cm below surface (10cm lower than last year) #wetlands #heritage

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How yellow are your ditches and what is it? #ditchology facebook.com/waterlevels/po…

waterlevels's tweet image. How yellow are your ditches and what is it? #ditchology facebook.com/waterlevels/po…

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Makeshift gateways like these, on King's Sedgemoor, block ditches and disrupt water flows @IDBsomerset @NESouthWest

waterlevels's tweet image. Makeshift gateways like these, on King's Sedgemoor, block ditches and disrupt water flows @IDBsomerset @NESouthWest
waterlevels's tweet image. Makeshift gateways like these, on King's Sedgemoor, block ditches and disrupt water flows @IDBsomerset @NESouthWest
waterlevels's tweet image. Makeshift gateways like these, on King's Sedgemoor, block ditches and disrupt water flows @IDBsomerset @NESouthWest
waterlevels's tweet image. Makeshift gateways like these, on King's Sedgemoor, block ditches and disrupt water flows @IDBsomerset @NESouthWest

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High Ham Rhyne #waterlevels telemetry up & running again - was refusing to phone home (no data lost)

waterlevels's tweet image. High Ham Rhyne #waterlevels telemetry up & running again - was refusing to phone home (no data lost)
waterlevels's tweet image. High Ham Rhyne #waterlevels telemetry up & running again - was refusing to phone home (no data lost)

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Reclining #oak on King's Sedgemoor #SomersetLevels

waterlevels's tweet image. Reclining #oak on King's Sedgemoor #SomersetLevels

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World-class #wetland at Shapwick Heath restored from old peat workings in a generation #SomersetLevels @AvalonMarshes @waterlevels @SWTsteve

lovethelevels's tweet image. World-class #wetland at Shapwick Heath restored from old peat workings in a generation #SomersetLevels @AvalonMarshes @waterlevels @SWTsteve

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Always nice to see the first YELLOW FLAG IRIS appear among the emergent vegetation along the ditches

WWTSteart's tweet image. Always nice to see the first YELLOW FLAG IRIS appear among the emergent vegetation along the ditches

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Lovely morning walk with my Hugo on the Somerset levels today, then I see these 7 little beauties 🐣

pinktrackies's tweet image. Lovely morning walk with my Hugo on the Somerset levels today, then I see these 7 little beauties 🐣

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Thanks to those looking after the rhynes & rivers on the #SomersetLevels this spring @waterlevels @EnvAgencySW @IDBengineer @WestcountryRT

lovethelevels's tweet image. Thanks to those looking after the rhynes & rivers on the #SomersetLevels this spring  @waterlevels @EnvAgencySW @IDBengineer @WestcountryRT

Cold winter weather brings 10,000s of ducks to #SomersetLevels photo Tim Large #RSPB Greylake

waterlevels's tweet image. Cold winter weather brings 10,000s of ducks to #SomersetLevels photo Tim Large #RSPB Greylake


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Lift Off!! #Starlings this morning @RSPBSomerset Ham Wall

jcurtisart's tweet image. Lift Off!!
#Starlings this morning @RSPBSomerset Ham Wall

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