Wildlife and development – Urban Areas are a Haven for Bees

by Gemma.Admin | February 20th, 2015 | Ecology, News

A recent study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B (Baldock et al., 2015), has found that bees succeed just as well in urban areas as they do in farmland and nature reserves. Bees and other pollinators are incredibly important in supporting the...

Round up 2015 – Part 3: Delirious over Dormice

by Gemma.Admin | February 17th, 2015 | Ecology, News, Protected Species

The Itinerant Ecologist and friends (you know who you are, you lovely people!) are active with the National Dormouse Monitoring Programme managed by the Peoples Trust for Endangered Species. For you acronym anoraks out there, that’s the NDMP and PTES. PTES do a...

Round up 2014 – Part 2: Triumphs, Tribulations and Translocations

by Gemma.Admin | February 3rd, 2015 | Ecology, News, Protected Species

The Landmark Practice and its own Itinerant Ecologist have been undertaking a translocation of great crested newts (Triturus cristatus) and grass snakes (Natrix natrix) at a site in the Cotswold Water Park. Great crested newts (GCNs) receive a high level of protection...

Round up 2014 – Part 1: Boxes or Bottles?

by Gemma.Admin | January 29th, 2015 | Ecology, News, Protected Species

Like most ecologists the start of the survey season means one thing for the Landmark Practice’s Itinerant Ecologist… GREAT   CRESTED   NEWTS! (or GCN for those who love an acronym!) The Itinerant Ecologist had a busy 2014 surveying ponds,...

Custom build schemes, putting communities first.

by Gemma.Admin | January 26th, 2015 | Landmark, Landscape, Law and Policy

George Monbiot’s article explores the absence of safe areas of play within today’s housing estates. It’s not short of a sound bite or two to grab the attention. That being said, there is certainly substance, and ample evidence, to support the...