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Bakerwell Ltd Services During UK Lockdown
The 2019 corona virus disease (SARS-CoV-2) and the disease caused by corona virus (COVID - 19) is now prevalent within the UK. The health and wellbeing of our clients and employees is extremely important to us. Bakerwell will be following Government guidance on COVID...
South-East Construction Expo Breakfast: Upcoming Changes in Ecology
Bakerwell’s director gave a talk on upcoming changes in Ecology at the South East Construction Expo breakfast in early March this year. The talk focused mainly on the new upcoming requirement for development projects to achieve a net gain in biodiversity. This...
Protected Species Licences during COVID–19
Natural England (NE) COVID–19 have provided an update regarding their Planning Consultee and Protected Species Mitigation Licence (PSML) applications and work under a granted licence has just been published, click here for full details. In summary NE are seeking to...
Brexit: Ecology and Development
The withdrawal from the European Union is due to officially occur at the end of January. We are often asked how this will affect the requirement for impacts to protected species from proposed developments to be identified and mitigated. Domestic legislation e.g. the...
Environment Bill introduced to the House of Commons
The Environment Bill has been introduced to the House of Commons today for the first reading. This is where the Bill is formally introduced and ordered to be printed, there is no formal debate at this stage. The next stage will be a second reading in the House of...
2,700-Mile Coastal Path for England’s Health, Wellbeing and Economic Benefit
Recent figures demonstrate the health, wellbeing and economic benefits of walking on England’s coastal paths. Research by Natural England has demonstrated the high popularity of England’s coastal paths. With 29.1 million walking trips every six months and 97% of...
The Mammal Mapper App
How do you identify a dormouse? What are the field signs of water voles? And where in the UK do you find otters? This free app provides a handy ID guide for most UK mammals and includes useful information such as species range, diet, field signs, photo galleries and...
National Guidelines to Increase Flowers and Pollinators along Road Verges
There are almost 313,500 miles of roads running through the UK countryside, with grassland verges running most of their length. This habitat covers roughly the same area of land as our remaining lowland species rich grassland, representing a nationally significant...
The Latest on Biodiversity Net Gain
The Government announced its intention that Biodiversity Net Gain would be a mandatory requirement in their 25 year plan, released on the 13th of March 2019. The principle is to ensure that residential and infrastructure developments deliver measurable ecological...
British Trees App by the Woodland Trust
Ever wanted to know what that Winter tree is? Whatever the season, this interactive British Tree Identification app takes users through a few simple steps to identify native and common non-native UK trees. Get it here on Android and iPhone!