In July/August of 3 consecutive years between 2019 and 2021 I was commissioned. to undertake post-construction monitoring of the upland habitats within a recently constructed Windfarm in Powys, Mid-Wales. Monitoring of the complex system of valley mires and blanket bog had been specified by Powys County Council and Natural Resources Wales as a condition of…… Continue reading Peatland Habitats (Cambrian Mountains)
Month: February 2022
Acid Grassland/ Granite Outcrop (Charnwood Forest)
Lewis Saunders Ecology was commissioned to undertake a National Vegetation Classification survey of a Candidate Local Wildlife Site in the Charnwood Forest District of Leicestershire. The area is known for its world famous and complex geology, which includes some of the worlds earliest pre-Cambrian fossils. The survey was based around a small outcrop of an…… Continue reading Acid Grassland/ Granite Outcrop (Charnwood Forest)
Deciduous Woodlands and Grasslands (Lincolnshire Wolds)
Lewis Saunders Ecology undertook Botanical and National Vegetation Classification (NVC) surveys of a large complex of woodland and grassland on the chalk of Eastern England. Many of the woodlands were mature but of relatively recent origin and consisted mostly of beech and sycamore with little ground flora of interest. Areas of grasslands between woodland blocks…… Continue reading Deciduous Woodlands and Grasslands (Lincolnshire Wolds)