Wilder Ecology
Part of SWT Trading Ltd
About Wilder Ecology
SWT Trading Ltd Ecological Consultants provides a professional service specialising in ecology, conservation and Biodiversity Net Gain. All of our work is carried out to a high professional standard in accordance with the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM) code of practice and BS42020. All profits are passed to Suffolk Wildlife Trust to help support our work.
We are members of the Wildlife Trust Consultancies – a network of 24 local consultancies that are affiliated to their Wildlife Trusts sharing expertise, training and knowledge partnering to work on major and national projects.
We are delighted to say on 12th December 2022, we were awarded a CIEEM Registered Practice status.
Image Credit: Jo Green
Our Ecological Services
We offer a wide range of ecological consultancy services designed to meet your requirements in the most efficient way.
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Biodiversity Net Gain
Net gain describes an approach to development that leaves the natural environment in a measurably better state than it was before. Although not yet mandatory, a minimum target of 10% net gain should be sought as specified in the Environment Act 2021.
- Evaluation of baseline habitats and their ecological value
- Evaluation of proposed intervention leading to habitat change
- Application of Defra’s Statutory Biodiversity Metric designed by Natural England
Ecological Services
- Preliminary Ecological Appraisals (PEA)
- UK Habitat Assessments
- Protected Species Surveys – badgers, bats, dormice, great crested newts, otters, water vole, reptiles
- Ecological Impact Assessments (EcIA)
- Habitat Regulations Assessments (HRA)
- Bird surveys – breeding, winter
- Invertebrate surveys
- eDNA surveys
- National Vegetation Survey (NVC)
- Habitat Management Plans
- Neighbourhood Plans
- Wildlife Audits
- Ecological mitigation
- GIS mapping services
- BNG baselines
- MoRPh Modular River Surveys
- Ecological Clerk of Works (ECoW)
- Biological data record searches
Other Services
Professional training – we can lead training courses on protected species surveys and mitigation – please contact us to discuss your requirements.
Meet our team
Johanna Green
Johanna Green MCIEEM
Consultancy Manager
Johanna has BSc Honours, PG Cert, CSci, and is experienced at project managing and facilitating a wide range of ecological work that benefits wildlife and increases biodiversity. She holds Natural England survey licences for great crested newts and hazel dormice, and has particular interest in the role of research in developing evidence-based conservation, management, and mitigation methods.
Alison Looser
Alison Looser MCIEEM
Senior Ecologist
Alison is an experienced field surveyor who has a specialist interest in surveys and mitigation for hazel dormice and bats. She holds Natural England licences for great crested newt, bats and hazel dormice and is registered on a class licence for water vole displacement.
Ellen Shailes
Ellen Shailes ACIEEM
Ecologist
Ellen is an experienced field surveyor who has a specialist interest in botanical surveys as well as breeding bird and invertebrate surveys including butterflies and dragonflies.
Sammi Smith
Sammi Smith MCIEEM
Ecologist
Sammi has an MSc and is a qualifying member of CIEEM. She is a competent field surveyor with wide experience in protected species surveys including bats, badgers and reptiles and she also has an interest in mammals and birds. She is working towards her bat licence.
Georgia Middleton
Georgia Middleton
Assistant Ecologist
Georgia is a qualifying member of CIEEM and a competent field surveyor who has a special interest in birds and mammals. She is also experienced with bat activity surveys.
Lydia Besford
Lydia Besford
Assistant Ecologist
Lydia is a qualifying member of CIEEM and an experienced field surveyor. She has a specialist interest in small mammals, including bats and hedgehogs, along with also botanical and bird surveys.
David Beardsley
David Beardsley
Assistant Ecologist
David is a qualifying member of CIEEM, and an experienced field surveyor with a particular interest in botany and ornithology. He also has experience in water vole surveys, reptile translocations, ECoW and bat surveys. David acquired all of this experience within the consultancy sector.
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