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"We offer advice, surveys and mitigation services in the ecology and conservation of amphibians and reptiles."

Habitats we work with

  • Heathland/moor
  • Grassland/meadow
  • Scrub/hedgerow
  • Forest/woods
  • Ponds/wetlands
  • Brownfield/urban
  • Farmland/gardens
  • Dunes/coastal

Species we work with

  • Great crested newt
    (Triturus cristatus)
  • Natterjack toad
    (Epidalea (Bufo) calamita)
  • Sand lizard
    (Lacerta agilis)
  • Smooth snake
    (Coronella austriaca)
  • Common lizard
    (Zootoca (Lacerta) vivipara)
  • Slow-worm
    (Anguis fragilis)
  • Grass snake
    (Natrix natrix)
  • Adder
    (Vipera berus)
  • Smooth newt
    (Lissotriton vulgaris)
  • Palmate newt
    (Lissotriton helveticus)
  • Common toad
    (Bufo bufo)
  • Common frog
    (Rana temporaria)
  • Pool frog
    (Pelophylax lessonae)
  • Red-eared terrapin
    (Trachemys scripta elegans)
  • Green lizard
    (Lacerta bilineata)
  • Wall lizard
    (Podarcis muralis)
Services
Services
CGO Ecology offers advice, planning assistance, survey, research and mitigation services, specialising particularly in amphibians and reptiles, their habitats, ecology and conservation. Clients include minerals companies, local authorities, builders, conservation organisations, renewable energy projects, and private individuals.

As specialist ecological consultants, we provide:

  • Desktop assessments
  • Great crested newt surveys
  • Amphibian surveys
  • Reptile surveys
  • Habitat survey and assessment
  • Conservation status assessment and advice
  • Mitigation strategies and delivery
  • Planning advice and assistance
  • Licence applications, method statements, management plans
  • Reptile capture, newt trapping
  • Translocation, exclusion fencing and other mitigation operations
  • Adder handling
  • Population monitoring
  • Vegetation and habitat management
  • General advice and project management
  • Training courses

We offer honest, pragmatic advice and an efficient, effective service. Our high standards of work ensure real conservation benefits whilst meeting our clients' legal commitments.

Whether part of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) or another setting, we offer general advice on all aspects of amphibian and reptile (herpetofauna) ecology, conservation, research, habitat, assessment, survey, monitoring, surveillance, mitigation, compensation, management, training and education.
Contact us to find out more.

In addition, we provide environmental archaeology services, with expertise in small vertebrate remains, non-marine molluscs and other disciplines. We also carry out GIS mapping, digitisation and data management.

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T: 01202 251114

M: 07846 137346

E: enquiries@cgoecology.com

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