Great crested newt season is upon us again. Our seasonal assistant Claire is now a great crested newt licence holder, and becomes the 6th person on the Wild Frontier Team to hold a Natural England class licence for great crested newt surveys.
Wild Frontier Ecology were delighted to be asked to be one of the organisations represented at the University of East Anglia, School of Environmental Science’s Careers Information Event last Saturday. WFE ecologist Susie led a 30 minute workshop for students on ecological consultancy, and spent the rest of the day in the exhibit area chatting to students about her role. It was great to meet so many aspiring ecologists, and we wish them every success in their future careers!
Wild Frontier Ecology are proud to announce that they will be sponsoring Dove Step a 300 mile walk to raise money for Operation Turtle Dove. Robert Yaxley (Director) says:
“As ecologists, we get some opportunity to be involved in habitat enhancement, some of which benefits farmland birds such as the turtle dove. But the situation is now so urgent for this species in particular, that direct action for fundraising and awareness raising, such as that being taken by the Dove Step team, is necessary. I am delighted that Wild Frontier Ecology have the opportunity to be very much a part of this initiative, and hope that other corporate sponsors will come forward and make every mile walked a big step closer to securing the future of our farmland birds.”
Wild Frontier Ecology are now part of the cycle to work scheme. Although all the staff have to use our cars for much of our work, Will is championing cycling to the office whenever possible. He is already enjoying his new bike, and aims to cycle 1,500 miles by the end of June.
Wild Frontier Ecology are now accredited contractors on the Contractor Health & Safety Assessment Scheme (CHAS). This should enable us to work on many different development sites.
Robert Yaxley is taking part in a long charity walk in March/ April 2014. The event is known as Dove Step, and involves a small team of dedicated conservationists walking through the heartland of England to raise money for the endangered turtle dove. Visit dovestep.wordpress.com to follow his progress.
Wild Frontier Ecology are pleased to see the publication of a new British Standard for Biodiversity (BS42020). This will help to ensure that surveys and reports provided to planning authorities attain a good standard, and provides a clear guide to expectations for clients and consultees. WFE are striving to consistently meet this standard, and intend to provide a clear statement within our reports of whether it has been achieved.
John Harris has successfully obtained a bat class licence level 2. Well done John!
Susannah Dickinson recently became a full member of CIEEM. Well Done Susie!
We have recently put in place new quality control procedures for field data. This should drive up our fieldwork standards to new levels, and provide added assurance that our work is of the highest level.
Check out Rob’s latest blog on recent conferences.
Rob and John will be in Basildon for the IEEM reptile conference today.
Rob will be attending the IEEM conference in Cardiff today. The conference is on the subject of Renewables and Biodiversity.
