by Andy G. | February 26th, 2015 | Landscape, News
Phase 1 Complete We are pleased to be able to report that in October 2014 the construction of Phase I of the Hertfordshire University residential area was completed and handed over to U-living (facilities management service for the University of Hertfordshire). This...
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...
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...
by Andy G. | February 5th, 2015 | Environmental Planning, Law and Policy, News
The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Directive has been amended and codified several times since its implementation some 30 years ago. The current Directive (2014/52/EU) adopted in 2014, made several amendments to the previous iteration and is required to be...
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...
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,...
