The life of a Great Crested Newt begins in the water. The female newt lays her eggs between March and April in a pond or naturally formed body of water, usually on the leaves of submerged plants. After several weeks the newts hatch out of the eggs as larvae, looking a little like a cross [...]

If you’re planning to buy a house, your mortgage lender may require an assessment by an arboriculturist before your lender gives your mortgage agreement the thumbs up. The reason why they may want to know about the trees on the property is so they can ascertain whether there has been any damage to the house [...]

All bats are protected by UK and EU law, making it a criminal offence to destroy bat habitat or to harm them in any way e.g. through development. To avoid falling foul of these laws, homeowners and developers need to be sensitive to the presence of bats on their land and in their buildings. But [...]