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

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It is a legal requirement that all native reptile species in the United Kingdom are protected. At ACD Environmental, we take this responsibility seriously and conduct thorough land surveys to identify the presence of reptiles. This information is essential … Read More

The ACD Garden at the Malmesbury office

April has been National Garden Month and here at ACD we’ve been reflecting on our own gardens and what makes these special to us.

• ‘A place to de-stress.’
• ‘I enjoy seeing the new growth in spring, seeing everything coming to life’.
• ‘I … Read More
  

Happy Earth Day!

Earth Day is a global event to highlight the importance of protecting the environment. Created in 1970 by Gaylord Nelson, a US senator and environmentalist, and Denis Hayes, a graduate student at Harvard University. This followed an environmental disaster that resulted in a large oil spill in … Read More

An image captured by our Archaeology department of WW2 pillboxes, a non-standard design protecting a river crossing and for a small field gun. It was clearly designed to look like a farm building from the air and has vestiges of the original camouflage.

Today is World Heritage Day also … Read More

Since Jai left home to study Environmental Conservation at Bournemouth University, he has become even more fascinated by the environment. After being accepted at university he discovered that his college, although affiliated to Bournemouth University, was based in rural Somerset. Quickly he realised this wasn’t going to be studying … 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