Project manager, Jane Birch, has been working on more solutions to restore the habitats, like planting hedgerows and making barriers out of wood that trap debris.
She added it is important for landowners to adapt.
“Post World War Two, there was a big emphasis on food production and how can we make as much of the land [as] productive as possible,” Birch said.
“That means draining it to create that dry land. But I think we 1786349431 need to look at how we can hold more water on the land, so that we can reduce that flooding risk downstream.”
Flooding has become more common across the United Kingdom because of extreme weathers caused by climate change.
BBC Midlands Today’s environmental correspondent, David Gregory Kumar, said using natural methods can make a huge difference.
“It solves a lot of problems, even if it is just a simple idea like sticking a few logs into a stream,” Gregory Kumar added.
“Places in the West Midlands are trying this out in rivers and tributaries, but not in the massive rivers like the Severn.
“There is this thinking now that if we slow down the water and it does flood a bit into land, that’s not necessarily a problem.”
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