Natural Resource Consultancy

Preparation and implementation of Habitat Management Plans is another core service. We have prepared them for nature reserves, SSSIs, woodlands and other habitats. Often such a plan is required for retained habitats on a development site as part of the planning conditions. Management plans typically consist of:

Site Description and Evaluation
Maps showing habitats, management compartments etc.
Discussion of Management Issues
Management Aims and Objectives
Prescriptions or Actions
Work Program with timetable

In the 2000s we completed Management Plans for: Cameron House Grounds; Midross Nature Reserve, Woodlands and Habitats by The Carrick Golf Course (Loch Lomond); Patterton Wood and Greenlaw Park Habitats (East Renfrewshire). We were involved in implementing the Plans at The Carrick and at Greenlaw.

We aim to create user-friendly documents with achievable actions.

Midross Nature Reserve, The Carrick, for which we prepared a conservation management plan

Implementing Habitat Management Plan, The Carrick - introducing bulrushes to one of the lagoons

A Management Plan for Machrihanish Dunes golf course, was produced with green staff. A similar exercise is now underway for the three Turnberry Golf Courses.