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Avoiding Procedural Pitfalls

A recent Court ruling on mitigation and Habitats Regulations Assessment sets the cat amongst the pigeons, but do developers really ...

Avian Ecology in Construction Forum Magazine

Avian Ecology has recently been featured in January’s edition of Construction Forum magazine, the piece is in conjunction with Taylor ...

Ecology Masterclass with Una Maginn and Scottish Power

Avian Ecology’s Una Maginn along with Steven Edwards from Scottish Power, hosted an infrastructure and ecology workshop for countryside, ecology ...

Great Crested Newt and District Level Licensing – What does it mean for your projects?

Great Crested Newt and the Woking Approach District level licensing or the ‘Woking Approach’ (as piloted in Woking in 2016) ...

Bat Surveys at Leyland Mill, Greater Manchester

Avian Ecology undertook a suite of bat surveys at a disused mill in Greater Manchester. Surveys included an Extended Phase ...

Welcome news as Habitats Directives ‘Fit for Purpose’

This afternoon a ‘fitness check’ by the European Commission recognised that the European Birds and Habitats Directives are relevant and ...

Operational Monitoring of Orchard End Wind Farm in Cumbria

This twin turbine development became operational in early 2013 and the team at Avian Ecology, led by Senior Ornithologist Nicole ...

Avian Ecology able to offer improved Client Services for Great Crested Newts

Avian Ecology offer ecological surveys for protected species including Great Crested Newts and we are pleased to announce that Principal ...

Change ahead for how developers address protected species?

Natural England is consulting on possible changes to the handling of European protected species (EPS) licensing, aiming to achieve better ...

New Planning Bill Opens Doors for Development on Brownfield Land

The proposed Housing and Planning Bill 2015-2016 could lead to automatic planning permission on land of high ecological value, but ...

Tigers, zebras…and bats?

Avian Ecology, working with Cass Associates of Liverpool, was recently appointed to undertake ecological appraisals within the Knowsley Safari Park ...

Renewable Energy Generation Denzell Downs Up and Running

Congratulations to Renewable Energy Generation on the commencement of operation of their Denzell Downs wind farm in Cornwall. This five ...