It is World Bee Day again and this year we thought that we would share our love of bees and other pollinators from the perspective of our resident beekeeper!

Helen and her husband keep two apiaries (bee hives) in their garden and are best placed to explain why bees and … Read More

The problem with oak trees is that they are just too good! Oak trees are the largest native broadleaf tree in the country and undoubtedly provide the greatest level of ecological, arboricultural, and landscape value. Therefore, they are often the first tree we want to introduce into a new … Read More

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As part of our work as ecologists here at ACD Environmental, we are required on some sites to work in/close to water when surveying for particular species such as great crested newt, otter, and water vole and for surveying … Read More

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It’s that time of year again when we’re encouraged to leave our lawns to grow a little longer. Especially if you have a healthy population of wildflowers coming through such as dandelions, daisies, and buttercups, if you leave … Read More

As part of our work as ecologists here at ACD Environmental, we are required to work in/close to the water on some sites.

As such, some of our team recently completed a course related to water safety, specifically the DEFRA Level 2 Water & Flood First Responder course, which Bristol Maritime … Read More

No Mow May asks all garden owners and green space managers to liberate their lawns to provide space for nature, just by sitting back and watching the flowers grow.

At ACD we are excited to support the essential shift in attitudes toward lawn management which benefits plants, pollinators, people, and … Read More

Our rain-drenched island offers the perfect conditions for wetland formation, an area saturated or flooded with water seasonally or permanently. Wetlands are a dynamic and significant part of a natural water cycle; an acre of wetland can typically store 4.5 million litres of water.

So far this winter we have … Read More