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Read more →Ecology Link were commissioned by East Suffolk Drainage Board, on behalf of the Alde and Ore Estuary Trust, to obtain baseline potential ecological constraint data for a proposed large-scale flood protection improvement project along the East Suffolk coastline. Surveys included initial walkout along 44km of existing flood
Read more →Ecology Link were approached to provide additional advice to an ongoing badger survey at a school in Loughborough. There was doubt as to whether two badger setts should be closed under licence, or if there was scope to retain the sett(s). We reviewed the survey data available
Read more →Ecology Link undertook an invertebrate habitat scoping assessment of a section of cliff along the seafront near Clacton-on-Sea. This was part of a wider cliff stabilisation programme along the beach section of the Clacton to Holland coastline. Coastal habitat can provide important communities for invertebrates. The survey
Read more →SEND Schools – nationwide surveys at 15+ sites In 2018, Ecology Link was commissioned by HSP Consulting, on behalf of the Department for Education to survey between 15 and 19 sites nationwide to meet the demand for an increased number of Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND)
Read more →As part of an ongoing project for the construction of a flood bund in Essex, a small population of water voles required protection and mitigation. A number of ditches ran through the proposed site, which held water voles. Two smaller ditches dried during the summer, with water
Read more →Ecology Link has continued to undertake a variety of surveys along the UK railway network throughout 2017 and 2018 and been involved in a range of habitat management and species protection projects. Rail embankments, due to their restricted public access, provide diverse and species rich habitats and
Read more →Ecology Link has completed numerous badger activity surveys across the UK involving obtaining both sett disturbance and sett closure licences to facilitate planned construction works.
Read more →Ecology Link undertakes a range of arboricultural surveys to approved standards, including BS 5837 Trees in relation to design, demolition and construction – Recommendations; Arboricultural Impact Assessments and veteran and protected trees. Tree constraints map The majority of these are related to planning applications, undertaken to inform
Read more →Ecology Link has worked with Essex Wildlife Trust on a number of large scale habitat restoration projects within their reserves.
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