Projects

The brown hairstreak butterfly (Thecla betulae) is severely declining in the UK with a 49% reduction in occurrence between 1976 and 2014 (Fox et al. 2015). This is thought to … More

The Ecology Partnership were instructed to carry out an update walkover survey of a site in Sittingbourne, Kent. An active badger sett was identified in the middle of the proposed … More

The Ecology Partnership undertook numerous dormouse surveys in Sussex over the 2017 survey period and were lucky enough to find them on three separate sites in West Sussex.   Dormouse … More

A Natural England licence was granted for a development close to a known GCN population in West Sussex. The pond on site was grossly overgrown with scrub around the banks … More

The Ecology Partnership was commissioned last year to undertake bird strike monitoring of wind turbines in a seaside town in West Sussex. This is part of a 3-year monitoring scheme … More

Ecological Assessment A Grade II listed farmhouse in Edenbridge, Kent, due for renovation works, was internally inspected for the presence of roosting bat species in the summer of 2015. Two … More

At this time of year, the Ecology Partnership is supervising numerous demolitions under a Natural England Low Impact Bat Licence as Principal Ecologist and Managing Director Alexia Tamblyn is now … More

Great Crested Newt Survey Great crested newts (Triturus cristatus) and their associated habitats are protected by European legislation. There have been significant population declines in great crested newts over recent … More

Schwegler bat boxes are often attached to trees and buildings in order to mitigate against the loss of existing roosting sites. Artificial roosts are generally constructed using wood and woodcrete … More

On the 10th November 2015, as part of DEFRA’s Wildlife Law project, The Law Commission published its final report and an accompanying draft bill on the protection, control and management … More

The Ecology Partnership have been monitoring a site in West Sussex for dormice by placing the dormouse tubes within the site. The site is a woodland and scrub mix, full of … More

The Ecology Partnership has completed a reptile surveys and reptile translocation at a site in Kent. The green field site, which is to be developed for housing, had a population of common … More