[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Overview A thermal camera was used by BSG Ecology to determine whether bats were roosting in a bridge over the River Derwent. The results of the survey allowed the provision of robust advice to Derbyshire County Council on the...

30 July, 2019

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Overview BSG Ecology provided ecological and spatial analytical support to the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) in their cost-benefit analysis of 150 proposed electricity transmission schemes across thirty-six European countries. BSG’s study compiled environmental and...

04 July, 2019

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_single_image source="featured_image" img_size="400x600" css="" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text]Hannah has worked in ecology since 2014 and joined BSG in June 2019. She has experience in a wide range of habitat and protected species surveys including otter, water vole, badger and...

21 June, 2019

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Overview Natural England required a Parkland Management Plan to inform the feasibility of maximising the biodiversity and heritage value of the historic Brampton Bryan Park, Herefordshire. The plan will from part of a Higher Tier Countryside Stewardship application. BSG Ecology...

21 June, 2019

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Overview At a wind farm site in Wales, terrain analysis and visibility modelling was used to determine the best vantage points for winter bird surveys in support of a wind farm development. Challenge BSG Ecology was commissioned to collect baseline ornithological...

10 May, 2019

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Overview BSG Ecology has provided ecological support to Magnox Ltd in the decommissioning of nuclear plants at Hinkley Point, Winfrith, Berkeley, and Oldbury. These projects have all needed Habitats Regulations Assessment as well as wider ecological support. Flexibility and...

08 May, 2019

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Overview Monitoring of nightjar at Pen y Cymoedd wind farm found no evidence of displacement of territorial birds. Five nests were located, the closest of which was within 60 m of the base of a turbine. BSG Ecology designed,...

17 April, 2019

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Overview The client required an extended Phase 1 survey to inform site investigations ahead of the recapping of a former landfill in the Swansea Valley. We completed a site survey, provided initial advice and produced a Preliminary Ecological Appraisal...

08 April, 2019

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Overview In Roade, Northamptonshire, following translocation of reptiles to a locally-secured and prepared receptor site, monitoring has demonstrated an increase in lizard numbers after three years, as well as colonisation by grass snake and glow-worm.  Our work in securing...

05 February, 2019

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="30px"][blockquote text="BSG Ecology has a wealth of experience of biodiversity gain (also known as biodiversity net gain) from many projects throughout England, including brownfield reclamation, residential, minerals and waste and commercial/retail developments. We have helped clients deliver...

02 January, 2019

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="30px"][blockquote text="BSG Ecology offers a comprehensive suite of spatial analysis and mapping services that complement our ecology and arboricultural services. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are central to BSG Ecology’s spatial analysis methods and provide a quantitative base...

05 September, 2018

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="30px"][blockquote text="BSG Ecology’s staff include Suitably Qualified Ecologists (SQEs) for BREEAM who can advise clients on the Land use and Ecology criteria schemes. Our services include site survey and reporting, and we can provide advice on opportunities...

16 August, 2018