Whilst the recent hot weather has been a welcome relief for some and an opportunity to dust off the BBQ again this year, the heat is causing problems for some species including bats. During the day, bats shelter in dark places (roosts), such as in hollow trees, in loft and attic spaces, under tiles and behind soffits, or in splits in the trunks and branches of trees, moving at different times of the year between roosting places that are used as daytime roosts and maternity roosts. Bats known to frequently move between roosts to find the right temperature – not too cold and not too hot. But if ..read more

Ellendale Environmental have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Ecologist to be based in  the south-west of England. We are an established team with a busy workload and have great aspirations to grow.   We are looking for a Senior/experienced Ecologist to lead our ecology surveys, to manage our existing clients and to develop new business relationships. Whilst our nominal team office is in Chippenham, we are flexible on location for the right person with a salary between £27,000 - £35,000.   What are the benefits of working with us? ·      &n ..read more

Our ecologists have been undertaking monitoring of several protected species recently ahead of works on major infrastructure projects, but not all of them have started with confirmed evidence or field signs. We recently undertook monitoring of some habitat that turned out to be used by badgers, despite there being no signs of badgers and plenty of otter and European beaver field signs. The monitoring of the feature was conducted over a period of two weeks and involved the use of camera traps being set up to record animals entering or leaving the habitat, which in this case was holes under some ..read more

 A great start to the week for our Ecology team who were successfully granted a European Protected Species (EPS) Bat Mitigation Licence from Natural England for a project in Somerset where our client has planning permission to redevelop three derelict agricultural barns into residential properties.   Early in 2021 our ecologists undertook a preliminary roost assessment for bats, followed by dusk and dawn bat activity surveys. Five species of bats were identified using the barns for summer roosting, including lesser and greater horseshoe bats.   Bat tubes will be placed ..read more

Ellendale Environmental have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Ecologist in Scotland. We are an established team with a busy workload and have great aspirations to grow.  We are looking for a Senior Ecologist to lead our ecology surveys, to manage our existing client relationships and to develop business. Whilst our team office is in Edinburgh, we are flexible on location for the right person and salary would be negotiable based on experience. What are the benefits of working with us? We are a friendly and supportive team, with a relaxed atmosphere There is an excellent opportunity ..read more

Ellendale Environmental ecologists undertake ecology surveys throughout the UK including Preliminary Ecological Appraisal (PEA). Our ecologists have completed PEA surveys to support planning applications for a wide range of developments to including proposed residential developments, overhead lines, substations, underground cables, peak gas generators, pipelines, roads, industrial sites and glamping developments as part of planning applications.   When is Preliminary Ecological Appraisal needed? Many of our clients require a PEA survey to support a planning application for their proposed ..read more

Planning Success! The Acoustics team at Ellendale Environmental is very pleased to hear that our client, Context Properties, has been successful with getting planning consent from City of Edinburgh Council (CEC) for The Earl Grange Café on Fountainhall Road. Ellendale supported the planning application by undertaking a noise impact assessment, so that the café can change from Class 1 use (shops) to Class 3 (food and drink).  The assessment looked at the internal noise level which could be transferred into the first floor flat above the café, based on typical café noise levels and the cons ..read more

We are back after the Christmas break and today is a special one for Ellendale Environmental. We mark 10 years since we started and celebrate a decade in which we have become firmly established as an environmental consultancy.  TEN YEARS! That is crazy. We had no idea then what we were getting into or that we would still be doing this 10 years later. It has been an incredible journey that has seen the team grow to what it is today.  Ellendale Environmental started somewhere along on the M4 with one ecologist. Today we have a team of four ecologists and the company has also grown ..read more

Blair has been working alongside Ellendale Environmental over a period of a few months, assisting us on ECoW projects and ecology surveys, and has undertaken recent CIEEM training on pine marten and wildcat survey techniques.  Blair joins Ellendale as a Graduate Ecologist and will be primarily working in South Wales to support the team, providing on-site ecological advice and support for an overhead line project. After studying Zoology and Bioscience at the University of The West of Scotland, Blair was successful at gaining an intern position within Marine Conservation undertaking researc ..read more

Ellendale Environmental recently completed a Noise Impact Assessment for a proposed residential development in Harthill, Scotland.  The assessment was undertaken to support a planning application for the site, which proposes to develop 16 flats across two local authority boundaries, West Lothian and North Lanarkshire. Ellendale assisted Neil Gray of Gray Planning on this application and the team is very pleased to have received positive feedback on the noise report.  Neil commented that “the EHO was content with the noise report and recommended the advice in your report be conditions ..read more