River Lee

Client: Lee Valley Regional Park Authority

Date: 2007

ECL was commissioned by the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority to provide a means of highlighting the optimum locations for biodiversity enhancements in the river corridor. Using GIS mapping we provided a complete overview of the river's characteristics in a manageable format which allowed the Park Authority to easily interpret the data.

Habitat features, including several categories of vegetation type, location of invasive species and information on protected species, were captured in separate GIS tables to enable the greatest flexibility in displaying and interpreting the data.

Expertise/Services

• Mapping vegetation types and dominant species
• Bank and channel morphology
• Invasive species
• Surveys for presence of and potential for protected or Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) species

Westminster Ecology Surveys

Client: City of Westminster

Date: 2007

ECL was commissioned by London Conservation Services on behalf of the City of Westminster to undertake reptile, bat and bird surveys at 3 sites in north London: Mill Hill Cemetery, East Finchley Cemetery and Westbourne Green.

Surveys included an inspection of all trees to assess their potential to support roosting bats, a breeding bird survey and surveys for common lizards, slow worms, grass snakes and adders.

The surveys will be used as basis for enhancing habitat in the future.

The information from this conservation project contributes to the data which is collected for the London Biodiversity Action Plan with the aim of wider enhancements to London parks.

Expertise/Services

• Extended Phase 1 habitat survey
• Bat surveys
• Breeding bird surveys
• Reptile surveys
• Recommendations for management and enhancement, including the opportunity to create new BAP habitats