This repository has been created to allow all data and research relating to Semerwater Lake SSSI and the immediate surrounds to be stored in one centralised location. The creation of the repository was a required output of The Semerwater Project, and we will endeavour to routinely update this resource as more information is available or made known to us.
Please contact the YDNPA Farm Conservation Team by emailing facs@yorkshiredales.org.uk with any questions or content.
The Semerwater Project– 2023/24
Reports and findings gathered during and/or as a result of the Semerwater Project, a year long project which ran during 2023-24.
- YWT Breeding bird survey data, Semerwater: 2011-2015
- YWT Bird survey, Semerwater: December 2021
- YWT Bird survey, Semerwater: January 2022
- YWT Bird survey, Semerwater: February 2022
- YWT Bird survey, Semerwater: March 2022
- YWT Bird survey, Semerwater: April 2022
- YWT Bird survey, Semerwater: May 2022
- YWT Bird survey, Semerwater: June 2022
- YWT Bird survey, Semerwater: July 2022
- YWT Bird survey, Semerwater: August 2022
- YWT Bird survey, Semerwater: September 2022
- YWT Bird survey, Semerwater: October 2022
- YWT Bird survey, Semerwater: November 2022
- YWT Bird survey, Semerwater: December 2022
- YWT Bird survey, Semerwater: January 2023
- Goose Count Methodology- The Semerwater Project (YDNPA, 2023)
- River Macrophyte Data- The Semerwater Project (Environment Agency, 2023)
- Lake Macrophyte survey data- The Semerwater Project (Environment Agency, 2023)
- Biobase Survey Report- Semer Water 21 November 2023 (Environment Agency, 2023)
- Semerwater: The historical and archaeological context (YDNPA Historic Environment Team, 2024)
- Bathymetric Survey image 2024, Atlantic Geomatics
- Semerwater Crayfish eDNA Report (2024)
- “Soil erosion, sediment sources, connectivity and suspended sediment yields in UK temperate agricultural catchments: Discrepancies and reconciliation of field-based measurements” (Pulley & Collins, 2024).
- End of project stakeholder dissemination seminar 2025: History of Semerwater (PBA Ecology, 2024)
- End of project stakeholder dissemination seminar 2025: Bathymetric & Topographic survey (Atlantic Geomatics, 2024)
- End of project stakeholder dissemination seminar 2025: Semerwater Aquatic Invertebrates survey 2024 (Natural England, 2024)
- End of project stakeholder dissemination seminar 2025: Semerwater-The Aquatic plants 2024 (Goldsmith Ecology, 2024)
- End of project stakeholder dissemination seminar 2025: Semerwater SSSI Whole Feature Condition Assessment 2023 (Natural England, 2025)
- End of project stakeholder dissemination seminar 2025: Fish & Crayfish findings, The Semerwater Project 2023-24 (PBA Ecology, 2025)
- End of project stakeholder dissemination seminar 2025: Semerwater waterbird counts (YDNPA, 2025)
- End of project stakeholder dissemination seminar 2025: Interpreting historic lake water phosphorus changes and catchment sources at Semer Water (University of Liverpool, 2025)
- Final Report- The Semerwater Project 2023-24 (PBA Ecology, 2025)
The Wensleydale Project- Keeping Ure Rivers Cool
- Semerwater SSSI Literature Review and Action Plan 2022 (PBA Ecology, 2022)
- A Strategic Water Quality Plan for Semerwater (Lancaster University, 2022)
- Strategic Water quality Plan for Semer Water (Lancaster University, 2022)
- A Strategic Water Quality Improvement Plan for Semerwater (Lancaster University, 2022)
Other Resources
- Map of the extent of Semerwater Lake, 1850’s
- Aquatic plant survey of Semerwater (Margaret Palmer, Nature Conservancy Council, 1979)
- Ecological survey of Semerwater (Margaret Palmer, Nature Conservancy Council, 1979)
- Baseline Survey of Diatoms, Macroinvertebrates and Water Quality- SEMER WATER (PBA Ecology, 2012)
- Journal: “The potential for colour to provide a robust alternative to high-cost sediment source fingerprinting: Assessment using eight catchments in England” (Pulley & Collins, 2021)
- Journal “Can agri-environment initiatives control sediment loss in the context of extreme winter rainfall?” (Pulley & Collins, 2021).
- Journal: “A rapid and inexpensive colour-based sediment tracing method incorporating hydrogen peroxide sample treatment as an alternative to quantitative source fingerprinting for catchment management” (Pulley & Collins, 2022).