Tender: Conceptual Hydrological Model and Dip‑Well Network Design for Finglandrigg NNR

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Natural England is seeking a supplier to produce a conceptual hydrological model for Finglandrigg National Nature Reserve (NNR) on the Solway in north Cumbria and to advise on suitable locations for a network of dip wells in relation to the site’s permanent vegetation plots. The work supports Natural England’s Long Term Monitoring Network (LTMN), which has been collecting ecosystem data since 2010 across 37 sites (most of them NNRs) and typically includes about 50 permanent vegetation plots and five permanent soil plots per site. The model may be completed as a desk‑based exercise using existing information or may include a site visit if appropriate, with the aim of clarifying how hydrological change could drive ecosystem change at this water‑dependent site and identifying dip‑well positions likely to detect impacts on the monitored vegetation plots.