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Benefits of Bird and Bat Boxes
When we are asked to design ecological mitigation schemes for developments we often suggest the incorporation of bird and bat boxes into the design. If we know birds and bats use the site, it can be a low cost solution to replace roost and nest sites that may be lost...
Welcome to Lucy Foley
Landmark is delighted to announce the addition of Lucy Foley to our Landscape team. Lucy joined us in December 2017, just in time for our office Christmas party, bringing nearly a decade of professional experience gained across the UK and in Canada. Lucy is a...
A Round Up for 2017 – Silverlake, Kingsworthy and Alveston
It’s the time of year when we tend to look back over the past 12 months, consider how it’s been and then, holding on to our hats, prepare to plunge into a New Year. The need to hold on to hats this December seems particularly important, not least having just...
Landmark and Battery Storage
We are in the midst of a massive shift in our energy system, driven by technological innovation and the imperative to tackle climate change. Just a few years ago electricity was generated by 50 large power stations. Today we are approaching 1 million distributed...
Exceptional Bees at Avonmouth Wind Farm
The Landmark Practice helped to show visitors the many environmental benefits of a well sited wind farm at the annual open day of local sustainable energy company, Thrive Renewables, held this year at Avonmouth wind farm. Over 300 visitors and families gathered on a...
High rise peregrine mitigation at Rampisham Down
The Landmark Practice has been working with British Renewables at its Rampisham Down site for several years. The 190-acre site, which includes the former BBC radio transmission station which transmitted the World Service to Europe until six years ago, was...
Air Pollution – Hedgerows Can Help
A sobering new report from the Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health cites pollution as the largest environmental cause of disease and premature deaths, responsible for 16% of all deaths worldwide and in Britain, for 50,000 deaths a year. Air pollution...
Green Brexit
Amid the ongoing controversy raging between Whitehall and Brussels over the EU-UK divorce settlement (Brexit), the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill has been wending its bumpy way through Government since July. The overarching intent of the Bill is simple, set out in...
Planning for Housing in Bristol and the West of England
The Publication Version of the West of England Draft Joint Spatial Plan (JSP) was agreed by the leaders of the Combined Authority, on 30 October, to be recommended to the member councils (Bristol, Bath and North Somerset, South Gloucestershire and North...
Landmark Practice clients achieve Outstanding and Excellent BREEAM Accreditations (BREEAM ecology assessments)
Landmark ecologists acting as the Suitably Qualified Ecologist (SQE) for BREEAM ecology assessments have helped to secure impressive BREEAM Accreditations for mixed-use developments in Bristol and Swindon. The first, Aurora at Finzels Reach, is part of the £250...
Brexit, Society, Economy, Environment. Where next?
June has been a momentous month. The UK General election followed hot on the heels of May’s local and mayoral elections, Brexit negotiations opened between the UK government and the EU, and appalling tragedies were wrought by terrorist violence and the fire at...
Ecological Monitoring: Another Successful Year for Barn Owls at Avonmouth
The warm early spring has meant that birds started nesting early this year. This was certainly evident from our annual barn owl box checks in Avonmouth where we found barn owl chicks at least 5 weeks earlier than recorded at the same site in 2016. The Landmark...
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