ARDEOLA ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
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VEGETATION SURVEYS
The vegetation surveys that I use range from formal phytosociological data collection such as the National Vegetation Classification (NVC) and using quadrats to document the plants associated with species that are of patricular interest, to simplistic vegetation mapping such as Phase I Habitat Survey.
Simlarly, the reason for conducting a survey may vary from a need to document the vegetation of an area proposed for development to inform the planning process, to standardised broad-scale vegetation mapping to inform conservation management such as Site Condition Monitoring of SSSIs or to develop an understanding of the ecology of rare species to inform their conservation.
The image on the left shows pegs marking the location of individual plants of Carex capillaris
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
National Vegetation Classification
Phase I Habitat Survey
- Claerwen proposed pipeline route
- Cleeve Common, Gloucestershire - critical re-assessment of appropriate classification of acid vegetation for Common Standards Monitoring
- Cleeve Common, Gloucestershire - critical re-assessment of appropriate classification of acid vegetation for Common Standards Monitoring
- Greywell SSSI survey to inform conservation management
- Cam Quarry survey of mire habitats for conservation assessment
- Clyde Wind Farm survey of upland habitats for monitoring
- River Wey Floodplain
- Wimbleball Reservoir ongoing monitoring programme
- Bradley Stephens Play Area, Minchinhampton
- field complex in Cam Parish
- Holywell Orchard, Dursley - Stroud Valleys Project
- Holywell Orchard, Dursley - Stroud Valleys Project
- Karavasta Lagoon, Albania - development of Phase I level habitat survey
- Local nature reserve, Dursley, Gloucestershire
- Local nature reserve, Dursley, Gloucestershire
- River Otter Floodplain - SWWSL
- Stone Manor, Stroud
- Stone Manor, Stroud
- The Heavens, Stroud
- Witham River flooddplain, Essex
Botanical surveys for conservation assessment
- arctic-alpine plants, Caenlochan SAC Common Standards Monitoring
- Clandon Park, survey to inform management
- parts of the Wey Floodplain to inform conservation management
- South Glamorgan SINC sites assessment of conservation value
- woodland SSSIs Northamptonshire, vegetation of rides
- Clandon Park, survey to inform management
- parts of the Wey Floodplain to inform conservation management
- South Glamorgan SINC sites assessment of conservation value
- woodland SSSIs Northamptonshire, vegetation of rides
- woodland around Thetford, vegetation of rides, management monitoring
Ecological impact assessment
- Ashford Barracks, Kent
- Bamber Pit, Northfleet
- Berkyn Manor Farm
- brownfield sites in Kent
- Butrint, Albania, Hotel and tourism development
- Castlehaven Isle of Wight management of slumping areas
- Coldharbour
- Dudley Western Orbital Link Road
- Glasgow Harbour
- Gwent Levels - Sterecycle limited
- Holborough Quarry - Halcorw
- Lappel Bank - Halcrow
- Mildenhall Reservoir - NTHH
- N30 Moneytucker to New Ross - Jacobs
- Reading Southern Gateway
- Reading STW
- River Otter floodplain land drainage plans
- Slyfield Waste to Energy Plant
- Snowdown Quarry
- Whitecliff East Quarry
CLIENTS
- Allen Dadswell Partnership Trust
- AMEC Foster Wheeler
- Andrews Ecology Ltd.
- APEM Ltd.
- Blue Circle Industries
- Brownfield Land Assembly Trust
- Bugle Ecological Services
- Cleeve Common Board of Conservators
- South West Water Services Ltd.
- South West Water Services Ltd.
- Clinto Devon Estates
- Dudley Borough Council
- EDAW
- Fondation Tour du Valat
- Halcrow (CH2M Hill)
- Isle of Wight Council
- Jacobs
- National Trust
- Nigel Holmes (Alconbury Environmental Services)
- PlantEcol
- Roger Miles Associates
- South West Water Services Ltd.
- Sterecycle limited
- Stone Manor Management Company
- Stroud Valleys Project
- Thames Waste Management
- Vale of Glamorgan Council
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