Video: River Leven restoration works

What a project – and what a video!

This summer we headed to Methil in Fife to deliver this river restoration project for Fife Council and Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA). The project, located on the River Leven and designed by cbec eco-engineering UK & Europe, included the construction of a rock ramp, the removal of a redundant weir and other habitat improvement and wetland planting works.

The rock ramp construction required the meticulous cleaning of several thousand tons of imported stone, and the careful placing of this to deliver the completed product. The river bed was naturalised with a lining of site won screened and washed rounded cobbles and gravels, and the surrounding area reinstated with topsoil and coir and seeded with a native riverbank seed mix. The weir removal at Burn Mill entailed the systematic dismantling of the structure and grading of the river bed and banks, and was “live streamed” for Dam Removal Europe!

Several thousand wetland plants were carefully planted in the margins of the wetland scrapes, and rock rolls and pre-planted coir rolls were used to create riparian habitat.

The resounding positive feedback from stakeholders is a testament to our site team’s dedication, professionalism and attention to detail. A big thank you to all of our suppliers who provided excellent service: Skene Group Construction Services Limited, Safer Group, Salix River and Wetland, GORDON BOW PLANT HIRE LTD, GAP Group Limited, Forth Rivers Consulting, BASE-UK Biodiversity Agriculture Soil Environment, JDP, SCOTLAND: The Big Picture, and Binn Group.

A big thank you too to James Shooter for the work in preparing this incredible film.