Our freshwater and marine biologists deliver projects across the UK and globally with a proactive and integrated service that covers all aspects of aquatic ecology.
We support our clients at every stage of the planning and development cycle – from project feasibility and site selection, EIA and ESIA screening and scoping, through to baseline and monitoring surveys, impact assessments and mitigation planning. Our field and laboratory services have a market-leading reputation that has been established through robust, cost-effective data collection and analysis, and underpinned by our internal and external quality assessment procedures.
Our Core Services:
- Avoidance, mitigation and compensation advice
- Biodiversity action plans
- Ecological Clerk of Works (ECoW) Services
- Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA / ESIA)
- Environmental Management Plans
- Fish passage design and barrier assessments
- Freshwater surveys – diatom, macroinvertebrate, macrophyte and fish
- Freshwater macroinvertebrate sample analysis by in-house labs
- Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA)
- Hydromorphological and geomorphological modelling studies
- Invasive Non-Native Species (INNS) advice, surveys and control
- Marine Conservation Zone assessments
- Marine grab, trawl and ROV surveys
- Protected species – translocations, licence applications
- Pollution and incident response
- Fish Habitat Surveys (FHS), accredited River Habitat Surveys (RHS), and River Corridor Surveys (RCS)
- Underwater sound modelling, impact assessment and mitigation advice
- Water Framework Directive (WFD) compliance