Many animals very sensibly stay out of the way of humans, if at all possible, some even adopting nocturnal lifestyles to help avoid us. This means that when we are… Read More »Finding Footprints: Animal Tracks and How to Identify Them
We’ve spoken before about the value of trail cameras for ecological surveys. At their simplest, a trail camera can help ecologists determine presence or absence of a species without spending… Read More »Trail Camera Bonuses
Trail cameras are valuable tools for ecological monitoring. They have a number of benefits, not least the fact they cause minimal disturbance to wildlife. And with World Curlew Day coming… Read More »Trail Cameras and Ecological Monitoring
The term ‘Biodiversity Net Gain’ (BNG) has been used increasingly in relation to construction projects over the last few years. Many local authorities have included a requirement for BNG in… Read More »Biodiversity Net Gain
Like many specialist disciplines, ecology can seem full of jargon and unintelligible terms and phrases. From ‘rewilding’ to ‘ecological services’, many of these concepts are also often misrepresented in the… Read More »What Is Shifting Baseline Syndrome?
In this month’s environment news, we’ll look at the extreme weather events and their link to climate change dominating overseas stories this month. In the UK, water quality was very… Read More »Environment News Round-up: May 2023
Ecological consultants provide environmental services such as ecological surveys, advice on legislation compliance and report writing to government agencies, industry and individuals. However, choosing an ecological consultant for your project… Read More »How to Choose an Ecological Consultant
Much of the UK’s wildlife is protected to some extent by the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended). It is illegal, for example, to uproot any plant or fungi… Read More »An Introduction to UK and EU Wildlife Schedules
At Purple Plover, we love getting involved in citizen science projects. The bird and mammal surveys we carry out in our day job are important for specific locations or time… Read More »The Big Butterfly Count
Although we often do bird surveys as part of our work, we also really enjoy taking part in volunteer surveys. These provide valuable data to long-term monitoring programmes, highlighting population… Read More »Volunteer Surveys