We recognise the need to incorporate an understanding of ecological systems in our services, and so we maintain a full range of ecology and biodiversity expertise.
We have sound practical experience in balancing ecology and development needs to deliver projects in the UK and other countries. Our services provide support from concept design to post-project monitoring and evaluation and are typically delivered as part of an integrated multidisciplinary environmental, planning and design team.
We offer ecological services to public and private sector clients for a wide range of developments. We deliver projects that integrate issues such as ecology, landscape, stakeholder aspirations and planning guidance. We work in a pragmatic way to deliver the best solution for a particular situation, advising on the requirements of legislation and setting out approaches to facilitate project progress.
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Our track record
We work for a wide range of clients and projects in the UK and around the world.
- As part of the Sheffield Building Schools for the Future programme we surveyed 14 schools, and produced an ecological and landscaping design for each school which enabled the client to obtain a full complement of BREEAM credits in ecology and landscape.
- We've carried out a study of the biodiversity of the major oilfields areas of Iraq, to help our client Shell with environmental management in the country.
- As part of an environmental impact assessment for the proposed new Stoke road bridge over a rail line in Kent, UK. We undertook Stage 1 and Stage 2 Habitats Regulations Assessment for evaluating the likely impacts on two key European designated ecological sites immediately adjacent.
- On behalf of WWF we've supported a programme for the conservation of the Snow Leopard in Mongolia,whose habitat is under threat from development.
- We helped the port of Ngqura, South Africa, to develop a pesticide-free pest control system based on the use of local raptors.
- At Bramford Substation, UK, we pioneered the use of infra-red motion cameras to monitor badger setts. Inactive setts could be removed without a licence (following consultation with Natural England). Removing the need for a costly license application represented a cost saving to the client.