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River habitat surveys characterise and assess the features of freshwater rivers and streams.
This document shows you how to do the survey. It includes pictures so the file size is large and may be slow to download.
Published 1 January 2013 Last updated 5 August 2022 +show all updates
The river habitat survey manual has been reprinted, so added an updated PDF to reflect this version. As part of this update we've corrected the definition of fords in Figure D1 in 'Part three - detailed guidance and definitions'. And we've updated some photographs in 'Part four - photo gallery'.