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Stay of execution for Devon Beavers will benefit biodiversity

16.02.2015

As The Guardian reported, this January saw the announcement that wild beavers living on the River Otter in Devon would be allowed to remain, providing they are ‘proven free of disease and of Eurasian origin’.

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We are trained in Environmental DNA (eDNA) Field Sampling

06.02.2015

At Baker Consultants, our terrestrial ecologists are fully licensed and experienced great crested newt surveyors and have carried out accredited training in environmental DNA (eDNA) field sampling, led by Dr Jeremy Biggs, Director of the Freshwater Habitats Trust (FHT).

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Climate Change and Lakeshore Conservation paper quoted

05.02.2015

A paper on climate change and lakeshore conservation written by our Technical Director, Carlos Abrahams, has recently been quoted in a paper on water level fluctuations and their effect on subtropical floodplain lakes.

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Translocation of the Dingy Skipper Butterfly

06.11.2014

Mark Woods, senior ecologist with Baker Consultants, has recently overseen the latest phase of a project to translocate species rich grassland and the dingy skipper butterfly, Erynnis tages, from a former colliery in Nottinghamshire.

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AEECoW holds inaugural training course

23.09.2014

The Association for Environmental and Ecological Clerks of Works (AEECoW) is a not for profit organisation set up by environmental consultants three years ago.

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Bioacoustics tracks the elusive Nightjar

22.07.2014

Bioacoustic recorders could provide us with vital additional information to help us protect rare and endangered birds, such as the European nightjar.

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