2021 has been another exciting and successful year for Alar Ecology with a number of new, high profile organisations added to our growing client list.
Company Review – October 2021
Posted in:
Biodiversity Action Plans, Company News, Marketing, Surveys and Assessment, Technology, Uncategorized, Wintering Birds
Date posted: 12 October 2021
Testing the new AudioMoth detector
Posted in:
Bats, Biodiversity, Birds, Migration, Research, Surveys and Assessment, Technology
Date posted: 7 July 2018
AudioMoth is a low-cost, full-spectrum acoustic logger. The firmware and software for the AudioMoth are open source (and programmable) and free to download. Over the coming weeks and months, Alar Ecology will be carrying out tests on the AudioMoth, to see how well it performs.
Introducing Greenwood Ecology & Conservation
Posted in:
Conservation, Ecology, Ecosystem Services, Surveys and Assessment
Date posted: 15 June 2017
Greenwood Ecology & Conservation offers specialist ecological consultancy, conservation and land management advisory services.
Wintering Bird Surveys
Posted in:
Birds, Protected Species, Surveys and Assessment, Wintering Birds
Date posted: 15 November 2016
Increasingly, compliance with the Habitats Regulations requires wintering bird survey data to be compiled and submitted in support of projects or activities that would remove or substantially affect habitats supporting migratory and/or wintering bird populations.
Beware early nesting birds!
Posted in:
Birds, Protected Species, Surveys and Assessment
Date posted: 30 January 2016
The breeding season for birds in the UK is the period March to August inclusive. Development-related activities, including habitat works such as scrub clearance or tree felling, must take full account of the presence of all nesting bird species.
Catching Great Crested Newts with the Dewsbury Box Trap | Guest article by Lucy Bartlett
Posted in:
Amphibians, Great Crested Newt, Ponds, Research, Survey Methods, Surveys and Assessment
Date posted: 30 November 2015
For the last three years, Lucy Bartlett has been working on a project to test the effectiveness of box traps, or more specifically the Dewsbury Box Trap, to survey for and capture great crested newts.