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