Ecological Clerk of Works (ECoW)
Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route – Large road project
with red squirrel, otter and water quality issues.
Achany Windfarm, Lairg - Upland windfarm with breeding birds,
water vole, rare flora and water quality monitoring.
Stirling-Alloa Rail Re-opening
- Breeding bird monitoring during construction.
Roads/Rail/Bridges
Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route – Lead botanical surveyor
and mitigation specialist for large road project.
(Southern Leg
Report;
Survey Map;
Mitigation Map) (Fastlink
Report;
Survey Map;
Mitigation Map
). Later employed as the Ecological Clerk of Works (ECoW)
to ensure mitigation succeeded.
Upper Forth Crossing, Kincardine - Researched options and
recommended strategies for salt marsh restoration.
Dumfries and Galloway Road Widening Projects - Assessed the
impacts of works on the A75 and A76.
Norwich Northern Distributor Road – Conducted a Phase 1
habitat survey for major road project.
A303 Road Widening Project, Wiltshire – Extended Phase 1
survey with mitigation suggestions.
A3 Proposed New Route, Surrey - Inspected the route for
invasive species, plus performed hedgerow surveys.
N6, Ireland - Surveyed areas of the N6 road corridor to inform
the seed mix for landscape purposes.
Stirling-Alloa Rail Re-opening - Bird monitoring during
felling for Ecological Clerk of Works (ECoW).
Dobwalls, Cornwall: Merrymeet Roundabout
- Performed ecological survey at proposed roundabout for
baseline botanical survey.
Dalry Bypass, Ayrshire – Ecological input into Scottish
Transport Appraisal Guidance (STAG) report.
Mining/Oil/Pipelines
Ferrexpo, Ukraine - Literature search to determine
deficiencies and methods to close gaps in ecological data.
Oil projects, Libya - Review of various ecological field studies within
the Sahara Desert.
Oued Amizour, Algeria –Ecological input for proposed large
mining project adjacent to Biosphere Reserve.
Fal Estuary - Conducted a site survey using NVC of
metal-contaminated wetland and salt marsh.
Wales & West Utilities - Ecological scoping studies to assess
pipeline impacts, including in SACs & SPAs.
Bacton-Balgzand Gas Pipeline, Norwich – Carried out a habitat
survey, including inter-tidal and maritime cliff.
Berwick Minewater Study – Examined compliance with the
Dangerous Substances and Bathing Water Directives.
Impact of Mining on Salt Marsh Flora - Biomonitoring, plus
floral community relationships with sediment.
Water Quality
Scottish Water Solutions – Investigated the impact of
abstraction on water bodies in SW/ Central Scotland.
Low Flows in the River Granta, Cambridgeshire – Impact of
abstraction on a wet SSSI woodland and CWS river.
Gremista Landfill, Shetland – Analysed failures in water
quality standards and amending of trigger/ control levels.
North of Scotland Water Quality Monitoring – Analysed
microbiological quality of raw and potable water.
Wadi Rayan, Egypt
– Co-ordinated a water quality monitoring
programme on the impact of non-point agricultural pollution in a
Protected Area.
Listed by DfID as a Key Document.
Nitrate Vulnerable Zone, Ythan Estuary – Assessed nitrogenous
relationships during storm events.
Windfarms/Renewables/Water Schemes
Whitelee
and Harelaw Windfarms, West Scotland
- Extended Phase
1 and NVC within upland environment.
Salsburgh
Windfarm, Lanarkshire
- Produced
Action Plan and updated ES to address shortfalls in assessment.
Scottish
Borders Windfarms
– Assessed the
impact of Carcant and Kyle windfarms on the Scottish Uplands.
Hydropower
Proposal, Assynt
- Surveyed
upland habitats, including quaking bog and montane vegetation.
Kenmare
Water Storage, Eire
– Performed
habitat survey on rural development using Irish habitat assessment.
Cambridge
Rowing Lake
- Surveyed an
area characterised by fen, carr, streams and species-rich hedgerows.
Whitesands
Flood Proposal, Dumfries-shire
- Surveyed an
urban and rural (floodplain) environment.
Bridgewater
Canal, Manchester
– Conducted
River Corridor and protected species surveys, prior to maintenance.
Industrial/Residential
ERC, Egypt - Reviewed,
streamlined and updated EIA to upgrade from local standards to
international quality.
Lostock Hall, Lancs - Responded to
external ES criticisms, plus reviewed an ES from a competing
development.
EBIC, Egypt - Vegetation,
reptile and coastal bird surveys for an ammonium plant adjacent to the
Red Sea.
Tilbury Power Station, Essex -
Survey of a protected salt marsh for proposed new coal-fired stations.
Eco-village, Siwa, Egypt –
Ecological assessment for low-intensity
build near a salt lake.
Shields Road, East Kilbride - Phase
1 and NVC of wetland area with raised bog.
Dounreay Nuclear Waste Disposal,
Caithness - Intensive habitat survey to assess homogeneity of
a coastal heath.
Conservation
ADAS
upland monitoring, Yorkshire
– Monitoring of mires & agri-environment schemes using JNCC surveys.
Brownsburn Park Regeneration
- Extended Phase 1 on area with badgers, heathland and wetland habitats.
Torvean Quarry, Inverness
– Management plan for geological SSSI
Highland Region
– Biodiversity audit of Nairn District, Inverness-shire and Easter Ross
using Phase 1 and NVC.
Wimbledon Common
– Palynological analysis of historical pond. Used to inform management
plan and reconstruction activities.
