Our Services
We offer a huge diversity of ecological services and surveys ranging from Ecological Impact Assessments (EcIA), management plans, restoration plans, nature conservation advice and species surveys.
Our main areas of expertise are in quarry restoration (both hard rock and aggregate), large ecological survey projects, conservation management plans and barn conversion protected species surveys.
The extent of our skills base covers the following:
Botany
- Phase one and extended phase one
- NVC (National Vegetation Classification)
Protected species surveys, mitigation and licencing
Specialising in
- Bats
- Barn owl
- Water vole
- Otter
- Badger
- White-clawed crayfish
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Great crested-newt
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Reptiles
Specialist surveys
These are groups of species that are often neglected as they are difficult to undertake or find specialists for but we have these in-house and a network of experts we regularly work with on large projects. Although many of these groups do not carry legal protection they can be equally important to a site's status, especially in terms of the Biodiversity Action Plan.
For more information on BAP please visit: sbap.org.uk
We primarily cover the following species and groups:
- Bees and wasps
- Beetles
- Birds
- Bryophytes (mosses and liverworts)
- Butterflies and moths
- Flies including hoverflies, soldierflies, danceflies, "Dolly" flies and other important indicator groups of a range of habitats
- Hybrid bilberry
- Invasive species, particularly marsh frog
- Molluscs
- Spiders
- Small mammals