Due to popular demand, we are pleased to announce that we will be running our Introduction to QGIS for Ecological Consultants two-day training course for a second time this year, on the 30 & 31 October 2018. The course will…
17 Jul
Getting to know Ratty!
Two of our team members, Rory and Sarah, recently attended the Species Recovery Trust’s Water Vole Survey and Ecology course in West Devon. The course provided a great opportunity to study water vole field signs in the wild and learn…
06 Jul
Richard Green Ecology Staff attend Eurasian Beaver Ecology and Conservation Course
On a hot day in early July, three of our staff, Richard, Tom and Sarah, attended the Species Recovery Trust’s excellent course on Beaver Ecology, Survey, Conservation and Conflict Resolution, tutored by Derek Gow. It was great to see the…
18 May
Wildlife Licence Charges
Natural England has published their consultation response and proposals to charge for wildlife licences on Defra’s behalf. They promise a commitment to improve the service performance for mitigation licences, alongside the implementation of charges. Ecological consultants will have to pay…
17 May
Bat Mitigation Research Report
CIEEM has published a new report on bat mitigation effectiveness entitled ‘Reviewing the evidence on mitigation strategies for bats in buildings: informing best-practice for policy makers and practitioners’. This study provides evidence for planners, developers and ecological practitioners on the…
25 Apr
Great crested newt course is a great success!
Following our unfortunate first course on great crested newt ecology and survey in March that coincided with the ‘Beast from the East’, when no newts were seen, last night and this morning we saw lots of newts, including both sexes…
17 Apr
Dormice Active in East Devon
We found our first dormouse of 2018 in a survey tube today in East Devon. This confirms that dormice are beginning to emerge from hibernation nests, which are built at ground level under cover such as leaves. Survey tubes are…
22 Mar
Additional great crested newt ecology and survey course added to our training schedule
Due to popular demand, we have added another great crested newt ecology and survey course to our training schedule, on the afternoon of the 24th and morning of the 25th of April. Please click here for more information.
14 Mar
Reptile ecology, survey and handling (including adder)
Just a reminder that we are running a training course on Reptile Ecology, Survey and Handling (including Adder) on 27 April 2018. We made a recce to our survey site in March to make sure there were reptiles present and…
09 Mar
The State of the UK’s Bats 2017
JNCC and the Bat Conservation Trust have published ‘The State of the UK’s Bats 2017‘, setting out national bat monitoring programme population trends. Headlines are that the latest trends indicate that populations of the bat species monitored are stable or…