Stanford Brook/Hoe Stream
Surrey, United Kingdom
Testing site is within the Fox Corner Nature Reserve about 15m downstream from the confluence of the Stanford Brook and Hodge Brook.
There is a lot of bankside vegetation, but it is easily pushed back to enable access down a gentle slope to the stream edge.
Then carry water sample up to path to do the survey.
The Stanford Brook is a slow moving stream, the Hodge Brook considerably faster and with more sediment.
Location created by
Philippa Mitchell
- Group: Zero Guildford : River Wey at Guildford
- Lat: 51.2808301
- Lng: -0.6228089
- Waterbody Type: Stream
- Timezone: Europe/London
Latest photos
muddy with a few scummy bubbles on surface. muddier than would have expected, but recent rains were locally varied so rain in catchment could have been more than in Normandy (about 2 miles away) which was 4 mm
saturated mud/sewery smell in the area near testing site (is a very boggy area just close by), however water did not have a strong smell, just slightly of mud.
Water at highest seen, full of silt
Brown-reddish water, fairly high but been higher
Water high, but had been higher in recent days. a lot of sediment in suspension leading to a red-brown colour.
Water appeared cloudy and brown in the stream, but quite clear in the collection pot
Water had been higher - evidenced by mud area on access bank. also a slightly silty look to the stream. Recent heavy rain (about 3 days before)
slow flow,
Himalayan balsam in flower on the banks
Fox Corner is a small nature reserve on land that had been poorly used for dumping road waste and rubble. It has been a nature reserve since about 1990. This stream runs along the southern boundary of the Nature Reserve.
Himalayan Balsam is a problem species in the area.