Specialising in
all aspects of freshwater, brackish and wetland ecology.
Offering:
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Biodiversity checklist/Ecological
survey/Protected Species assessments for planning applications.
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Freshwater habitat assessments using standard survey techniques and
macroinvertebrate identification to species level, interpretation
and management recommendations.
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Wildlife
pond design, restoration, mitigation and assessment (see Fontwell
Magna
example report below).
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Species specific
surveys (Great Crested Newts, Water Voles, Badgers, reptiles, etc.)
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Robert Aquilina MSc MIEEM
69 Richmond Park Avenue
Bournemouth BH8 9DN
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01202 302065
0787 920 1677
Email Robert
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Environment Agency accredited River Habitat
Surveyor experienced in carrying out RIVPACS and PSYM
surveys.
Natural England protected species licences
for Sand Lizard, Smooth Snake, Great Crested Newt and Crayfish.
Full Member
of the Institute of
Ecology and Environmental Management.
Masters
degree (2003) undertaken on the Habitat Quality of SUDS on the Bourne Stream,
Dorset.
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Projects: |
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2009 |
A taste of the variety of projects
undertaken during the year |
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Articles: |
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2010 |
An
assemblage of Coleoptera from ponds on Povington Heath, Dorset in
The Coleopterist 19(1), April 2010 |
Read it here |
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200kb |
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2010 |
Ponds
project reveals rarities beyond the barbed wire in
Dorset Wildlife Trust magazine, Spring 2010 |
Read it
here |
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2.7MB |
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2007 |
Effect of
wetting-up ditches on emergent insect numbers in Aspects of Applied
Biology 81 |
Read it
here |
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110kb |
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2006 |
Stratiomyidae from
agricultural ditches in Leicestershire (Bulletin of Dipterists Forum) |
Read it here |
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140kb |
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Example
reports: |
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2009 |
Ecological survey of a pond at Fontmell
Magna, Dorset |
Read it here |
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139kb |
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2008 |
Bourne Valley Park (Alderney Recreation Ground),
Poole - follow-up ecological survey |
Read it here |
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1.5MB |
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2005 |
Alderney Recreation Ground, Poole -
baseline ecological survey |
Read it here |
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550kb |
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2005 |
Ecological Survey of the Bourne Stream
in the Bourne Valley SSSI, Poole, Dorset. |
Read it here |
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460kb |
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2003 |
Habitat Quality in Constructed Wetlands
as part of a Sustainable Urban Drainage System (SUDS) |
Read it here (links to external web site) |
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