Cringle Brook - United Kingdom

Basic Information
Site Name
Cringle Brook
Short name
R07
Country
United Kingdom
Web Address
ECN website
Operating Organisation
Environment Agency (UK)
Site Manager
Andrew Sier [Primary ECN contact]
Site Description
UK ECN site. Cringle Brook (a small stream) is a tributary of the River Witham, south of Grantham. It is a spring-fed limestone stream, 12km in length. It has one small tributary, Wyville Brook, flowing into an impounded section comprising two small ornamental lakes of around 750 m2 total area. The ECN sampling site (National Grid ref: 4921 3289) is situated in the lower reaches of the Cringle, downstream of the impounded section, where the Brook is 5-7metres wide and 10-50 centimetres deep, flowing over a sand/gravel substratum with a small content of cobbles and infrequent sections of limestone pavement. This stretch is surrounded by a private golf-course, the river channel and adjacent river corridor being generally unmanaged, ...
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2023-07-28 09:07:56

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1994
Observed properties
water parameterchemical parameterecosystem parameterbiological parameterchlorophyllcontentofwaterconductivitystageheightwateraciditywateralkalinitywaterlevelwaterqualitywatertemperaturewatertransparencyammoniumcontentdissolvednutrientdissolvedorganiccarboninwatersuspendedsolidstotalorganiccarboninorganicnutrientcontentspeciesabundancespeciespresencenitrogencontent
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
LTER Europe✔This site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
UK ECN✔ (LTER_EU_UK_024)This site is a verified "UK ECN" member.
Projects
eLTER (H2020)
Photos
Cringle Brook
Cringle Brook
Geographic
2 km
1 mi
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 52.8333 Longitude: -0.63333

Size
ca. 0.00ha
Elevation (average)
113.00msl
Elevation (min)
76.00msl
Elevation (max)
150.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Fresh water rivers
Biome
Fresh Water Rivers
Ecosystem Type
Rivers
Biogeographical Region
Atlantic Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Inland surface waters (C)
Inland surface waters (C) » Surface running waters (C2)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
9.11°C
Precipitation Annual
609.50mm
Geology
Flows over a sand/gravel substratum with a small content of cobbles and infrequent sections of limestone pavement.
Vegetation
The stretch where monitoring takes place is surrounded by a private golf-course, the river channel and adjacent river corridor being generally unmanaged, with extensive bankside tree-cover. The Brook consequently supports a stream fauna of very high diversity, including a resident population of Native Crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) and also sustains a rich aquatic flora.
Hydrology
Cringle Brook is a tributary of the River Witham, south of Grantham. It is a spring-fed limestone stream, 12km in length. It has one small tributary, Wyville Brook, flowing into an impounded section comprising two small ornamental lakes of around 750 m2 total area. The ECN sampling site (National Grid ref: 4921 3289) is situated in the lower reaches of the Cringle, downstream of the impounded section, where the Brook is 5-7 metres wide and 10-50 centimetres deep, flowing over a sand/gravel substratum with a small content of cobbles and infrequent sections of limestone pavement. The upstream impoundment maintains a year-round flow of little variation, and also buffers the downstream section against mild enrichment by a village sewage treatment works at Skillington and a sewage pumping station at Stoke Rochford.
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
no experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
not applicable
Design of Observation
only observation
Scale of Observation
plot within catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Data portal
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Structured file
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial data file (GIS)
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Relational database
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
regular car
Permanent Operation
Yes
Operation Notes
ECN freshwater monitoring is carried out at least once per month
Site Visit Interval
30
Maintenance Interval
30
Data Policy URL
http://data.ecn.ac.uk/datapolicy.asp
LTER Site Classification
Extensive
Related Resources on DEIMS-SDR
1 dataset(s) in total:
Cringle Brook: UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) water temperature 2007-2011
There is EURO-CORDEX climate scenario data available for this site:
Projected Near Surface Specific Humidity ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
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Projected Sea Level Pressure ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Surface Downwelling Shortwave RadiationRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Wind SpeedRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Maximum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Minimum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85

You can also download the entire climate scenario dataset for this site from the EUDAT B2SHARE data store.