Ouse Washes
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Ouse Washes is a linear 2,513.6-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest stretching from near St Ives in Cambridgeshire to Downham Market in Norfolk, England. It is also a Ramsar interna
In flood
Peter Scott in 1954
An RSPB hide overlooking the Old Bedford River
Welney Wetland Centre: the bridge accesses the hides
Washland
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Washland or washes are areas of land adjacent to rivers which are deliberately flooded at times when the rivers are high, to avoid flooding in residential or important agricultural areas. They often p
Ouse Washes
…outflow. High water levels open the automatic sluice at Earith, thereby releasing water to the Old Bedford River, which eventually overflows onto the washland between the Bedford rivers, with the Welmore automatic sluice controlling outflow. When levels drop, the washes drain back into the Old Bedford River…
The Ouse Washes between the Old and New Bedford River
Car on the A1040 crossing flooded Whittlesey Wash, part of the Nene Washes
Guyhirn Wash, part of the Nene Washes