Acer Ecology is an ecological and wildlife consultancy with our main offices in Cardiff and Bristol. We also have a number of home-based ecologists throughout the UK. We can assist you by providing a full range of ecological and wildlife services from scoping and protected species surveys through to impact assessment, mitigation design, implementation, and monitoring. We can help make your journey through planning as painless as possible.
All specialist ecological areas are covered including bats, birds, great crested newts, dormouse, reptiles, water voles, badgers and invertebrates. As an ecological consultancy, the majority of our work is related to a wide range of planning and development projects from residential housing to renewable energy.
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Understanding the Small Sites Metric and Its Role in Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG)
This blog article summaries the core issues and potential solutions discussed in CIEEM’s report, “BNG for Small Sites: Delivering on its Potential.“ In April 2024, England saw the introduction of mandatory Biodiversity Net... Read More
A Green Revolution or a Shortcut to Nature’s Peril? A Critique of the Government’s Planning Reform Proposal
In its working paper, Development and Nature Recovery, the UK Government outlines a bold vision for reforming planning systems to accelerate housing and infrastructure development while ostensibly supporting nature recovery. While the paper... Read More