Natural England claims to be revolutionising the way it issues licences to provide significant benefits for both wildlife and licence applicants. There are four new policies that aim to encourage planners and conservationists to think on a wider, landscape scale…

One of the UK’s most endangered songbirds is no longer on the brink of extinction following a “remarkable” recovery, the RSPB has said. The cirl bunting, a sparrow-sized bird predominantly found in Devon, has seen breeding numbers rise from just…

Richard Green Ecology are working for RPS and Costain to design and oversee the implementation of bat mitigation measures on the A465 Heads of the Valleys Section 2 Improvement Scheme. Chris Worker, Welsh Government Nature Conservation Policy Officer, recently visited…

We are pleased to announce that we will be running our Introduction to QGIS for Ecological Consultants training course on the 21 & 22 February 2017. Building on the success of our previous one-day course, we have decided to provide a…

Staff, trainees and volunteers from the Blackdown Hills Natural Futures project have discovered a rare black dormouse in the Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is the only black dormouse ever recorded in the UK! Click here for more information.

We are coming to the end of the survey season for a number of species, such as bats, reptiles and dormice. However, there are still ecological surveys that can be done in the winter and planning for these now, ensuring…

Defra and the Welsh Government have now published joint guidance, ‘Providing and protecting habitat for wild birds’. This guidance provides information for public bodies on implementing the duty in Regulation 9A of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010,…

Millions of wild animals are killed in traffic each year in Finland, and larger mammals like elk present a real danger to human life on the road. A new University of Helsinki study finds that wildlife corridor solutions like overpasses…

Richard and Will recently attended a NPMS training day on identification of grasses, sedges and rushes at Knowstone Moor, a Devon Wildlife Trust culm grassland reserve. The event was excellent and the sun shone all day! As well as grasses, sedges…

In their statement, CIEEM highlights benefits such as protection of wildlife habitats and species, rigorous standards for pollution control, and the cleanliness of bathing beaches – all of which have been delivered because of EU legislation. CIEEM points to the positive…