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Nesting Season is Over

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by ACD Environmental / 1st September 2017 / Ecology

All wild bird species, their eggs and nests are protected by law under the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981. You must avoid harming birds or to use measures which do not kill or injure them before considering taking harmful action. If vegetation is removed during the main bird nesting season (March-August ... Read More

Spreading Japanese Knotweed? It’s against the law!

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by ACD Environmental / 24th August 2017 / Ecology, Landscape Architecture

Legislation It is an offence to cause or allow Japanese knotweed to spread in the wild under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 section 114 (2) (WCA 1981), as it is one of the plants listed in the schedule. All waste containing Japanese knotweed comes under the control of Part II ... Read More

Tick Season!

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by ACD Environmental / 11th August 2017 / Arboriculture, Archaeology, Ecology, Landscape Architecture

Tick Season – Beware! One of the ACD staff returned from field survey work recently, to find that he had five ticks on him, and was naturally worried, so he was recommended to see his doctor and we have since reviewed and updated our Health and Safety Policy as a result. Lyme ... Read More

Bat Work at ACD

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by ACD Environmental / 6th July 2017 / Ecology

Ecology Newsletter

Tree Pits

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by ACD Environmental / 18th April 2017 / Landscape Architecture

In 2015 we blogged about the cost of tree planting with cellular pits in hard landscape, and advised that the cost of a large high water demand tree, such as an oak, could be well over £10,000. Even the smallest tree can ... Read More

A Career in Ecological Consultancy

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by ACD Environmental / 1st February 2017 / Ecology

Published on Oct 23, 2014: Two graduates from the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Reading talk about their experiences since graduating and their careers as Ecological Consultant... Read More

Continued Professional Success

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by ACD Environmental / 6th December 2016 / Landscape Architecture

ACD are pleased to announce that both Anne Dally and Jon Seymour have successfully passed their Professional Practice Pathway to Chartership exams and are now fully chartered members.

Problem Gardens? It’s all in the preparation!

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by ACD Environmental / 6th November 2016 / Landscape Architecture

ACD carries out audits of many completed landscape installations and there is a problem evident on many sites, where topsoil to rear gardens is often deficient or on poorly prepared subsoil.

Chalara Die Back of Ash

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by ACD Environmental / 6th November 2016 / Arboriculture, Landscape Architecture

It has come to our attention that historic approved Landscape plans are still in circulation specifying Ash trees. Since November 2012 we have not specified Ash.