Author: Richard Green

We are now looking for enthusiastic and committed applicants for our seasonal Ecologist vacancies. You should have an interest in pursuing a career in ecology, good observational and recording skills and should have a full UK driving licence and car.…

We are pleased to announce that we will be holding a CCTV Wildlife Monitoring training course. A unique, cutting edge, practically based one-day course providing hands-on experience of the latest techniques to monitor protected species. Including setups for: Monitoring bat emergence…

We are moving our offices over the Christmas period, therefore as of 3rd January our new contact details will be: Address: 9C Mill Park Industrial Estate, White Cross Road, Woodbury Salterton, Devon, EX5 1EL Telephone: 01395 239234 May we take…

Natural England claims to be revolutionising the way it issues licences to provide significant benefits for both wildlife and licence applicants. There are four new policies that aim to encourage planners and conservationists to think on a wider, landscape scale…

One of the UK’s most endangered songbirds is no longer on the brink of extinction following a “remarkable” recovery, the RSPB has said. The cirl bunting, a sparrow-sized bird predominantly found in Devon, has seen breeding numbers rise from just…

Richard Green Ecology are working for RPS and Costain to design and oversee the implementation of bat mitigation measures on the A465 Heads of the Valleys Section 2 Improvement Scheme. Chris Worker, Welsh Government Nature Conservation Policy Officer, recently visited…

We are pleased to announce that we will be running our Introduction to QGIS for Ecological Consultants training course on the 21 & 22 February 2017. Building on the success of our previous one-day course, we have decided to provide a…

Staff, trainees and volunteers from the Blackdown Hills Natural Futures project have discovered a rare black dormouse in the Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is the only black dormouse ever recorded in the UK! Click here for more information.

We are coming to the end of the survey season for a number of species, such as bats, reptiles and dormice. However, there are still ecological surveys that can be done in the winter and planning for these now, ensuring…

Defra and the Welsh Government have now published joint guidance, ‘Providing and protecting habitat for wild birds’. This guidance provides information for public bodies on implementing the duty in Regulation 9A of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010,…