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)
Author: admin
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)
Woodland Surveys in 2020 (National)
During summer and early autumn 2020 Lewis Saunders Ecology undertook a series of detailed habitat surveys of lowland English woodlands. The work was undertaken as part a long term study examining ecological changes in 103 native woodland sites throughout the country, with previous rounds dating back to 1971 and 2002. Since it beginning The survey…… Continue reading Woodland Surveys in 2020 (National)
Higher Level Stewardship Re-survey
Botanical survey and habitat condition assessment work was undertaken on more than 20 different land holdings between July 2015 and August 2016. The aim of the project was to collect data on the current ecological conditions of land under Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) which could be used to assess the the success of the scheme,…… Continue reading Higher Level Stewardship Re-survey
Vegetation Monitoring of a Holiday Park (Norfolk Breckland)
Lewis Saunders Ecology was responsible for a National Vegetation Classification re-survey of a new leisure complex post development. The site had been recently redeveloped from a campsite supporting touring caravans and tent pitches, to accommodate a holiday park of 70 log cabins with facilities. The site was within Thetford Forest and situated adjacent to important…… Continue reading Vegetation Monitoring of a Holiday Park (Norfolk Breckland)
Vegetation Survey of a Lowland Meadow (Northamptonshire)
In May 2017 Lewis Saunders Ecology carried out an National Vegetation Classification (NVC) survey of a County Wildlife Site designated lowland meadow in Northamptonshire, which was close to the boundary of a large new development. The site was a meadow on a north facing slope above a river valley grading to wetland habitats below and…… Continue reading Vegetation Survey of a Lowland Meadow (Northamptonshire)