Ecology

The ADAS Ecology service provides practical and commercial ecological consultancy including assessment, interpretation and solutions to a broad client base.

Our ecology consultants provide scientific and professional ecology services with a range of expert consultants specialising in key areas such as protected species, habitat classification and assessment, ecological modelling, botany, lower plants and entomology.

ADAS is able to support client needs in key service areas including, ecology surveys, planning and development, utilities work, large scale infrastructure schemes, renewable energy projects, ecological research and land management.

Our senior consultants are highly trained members of recognised professional bodies such as the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management ensuring the highest standards.  Our ecologists are appropriately licenced to allow surveys and mitigation of specially protected wildlife such as European Protected Species.

Our range of capabilities is unique and ADAS can work competently in the application of both scientific and professional ecology.  Our work includes provision of ecological data to inform land-use change, new infrastructure projects and large-scale planning applications, to the formulation and testing of ecological data to test Government policy development and land management practices.

Our services include:

• Preliminary Ecological Appraisal (extended Phase 1 habitat survey and desk study)
• Ecological Impact Assessment (EcIA)
• EcoCheckTM for utilities and infrastructure operations
• Protected species surveys and services for a range of species including great crested newt, reptiles, birds, bats, dormice, otter, water vole, badger etc.
• eDNA testing
• Vegetation survey and classification
• Ecological mitigation strategies – including licenced method statements for European protected species and other protected species
• Ecological clerk of works
• Ecological research, monitoring, modelling and analysis
• Specialist ecological Survey and input – facilitate renewable energy projects such as wind, hydro and solar
• Invasive plant species advice and management
• Habitat restoration and management
• Biodiversity action and management plans
• Biodiversity compensation and offsetting
• Expert witness

Case study: Habitat Enhancement of a Country Park