Kyd Brook
London, Bromley, United Kingdom
Kyd Brook which runs within the Hawkwood Estate, this location is also a riverfly monitoring site as well as a water testing location. The Brook generally runs gently and the depth is a mixture of shallow and 2 feet deep in places unless it's raining or has rained then it can be much deeper and flow more rapidly. There is a lot of shade from trees either side of the Brook.
Further upstream, there are many surface water overflows and 1 known combined sewer overflow which discharges untreated sewage into Kyd Brook normally in heavy rain events.
Location created by
Kirsty Blackman
- Group: Thames21 : Ravensbourne Catchment Improvement Group's Water Quality Working Group
- Site ID: What3words snows.dome.tables
- Lat: 51.4019218
- Lng: 0.064119
- Waterbody Type: Stream
- Timezone: Europe/London
Latest photos
The attached photos are from June 2024. The water tody was running slow and the water levels were low. The stones are always covered with a film of silt. This site is also a riverfly monitoring site and today's results were awful.
gammarus x 16
RMI score =2
This site is also a riverfly monitoring site (RMI), today's results were
Gammarus = 30
Olives = 16
RMI score = 4
+ 3x annelids and some flatworms.
Kyd Brook was running clear with a fine silt film over the stones.
This site is also a riverfly monitoring site, today's results are.
Gammarus = 537
Olives = 40
R.M.I = 5
there were also Leeches = 5
This area is also a riverfly monitoring site.
Gammarus =323
Olives = 38
Cased cadis = 1
Leeches = 4
RMI score = 6
This site is also a riverfly monitoring site. There was heavy rain yesterday which seemed to have cleared the stream more than usual as it normally has a heavy silt layer over the stones and the water was clearer.
75 x gammarus
5 x olives
Riverfly score =3
This site is also a riverfly monitoring site. November's results are
1 leech
7 gammarus
1 hog louse
Riverscore = 1
This site is also a riverfly monitoring site
Gammarus = 53
Leeches = 2
Olive = 1
Riverfly score =3
Riverfly RMI score = 3
Gammarus =55
Olives =1
Leeches =2
Flow slightly higher than normal after heavy rain but the water was running clean with no signs of pollution other than the usual heavy silt film.
This is also a riverfly monitoring site
Riverfly score = 2
Gammarus =30
Leech = 1
This is also a riverfly monitoring site.
RMI score =2
5 leeches gammaras