News & Views

In June 2024 BSG Ecology and Arup collaborated to provide twelve of our ecologists with training in grassland survey. The training was delivered over two days at Aberbargoed Grasslands, Caerphilly County Borough, by specialist botanical surveyor Sharon Pilkington.
03 July, 2024
BSG Ecology has worked with pine marten specialist Malcolm Ginns on various projects over the last few years. Malcolm recently provided training for Ecologists from our Newcastle and Newport teams on pine marten ecology, and how an understanding of this should inform the approach to survey work and the interpretation of results.
19 June, 2024
This article was published in CIEEM’s In Practice Edition 122 (December 2023), and has been reproduced here with permission from CIEEM and involved authors. All authors (as listed at the end of the article) are part of CIEEM’s Early Careers Special Interest Group (SIG) on whose behalf the article was written. The CIEEM Early Careers SIG was set up in 2022 to support those in the first few years of their ecological and environmental careers. The purpose of this article is to provide advice to those who are looking to achieve their first positions and start to establish themselves in their chosen career.
24 May, 2024
The Derbyshire team recently enjoyed a visit to Willington Wetlands to learn more about the reintroduction of beavers at the nature reserve. The event was led by Kate Lemon, Landscape Recovery Manager (Trent and Erewash) at Derbyshire Wildlife Trust. Kate gave an insight into how the beavers were re-introduced to the former gravel quarry back in September 2021, the current legal situation, beaver ecology and how to look for field signs.
10 May, 2024

BSG Ecology will be exhibiting at the All Energy conference at the SEC, Glasgow on 15th-16th May 2024. Visit us on Stand Q49 where Owain Gabb, Ian Heard, Jo Conway and Adam Murphy will be available to provide advice on any ecological support your project may require. BSG Ecology...

03 May, 2024
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26 April, 2024