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Ecological Contractors. Mitigation enabling works and habitat creation specialists. Helping to make Biodiversity your most valuable asset.

Preston Lancashire
Joined January 2012
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Before and after: we were commissioned to give this wildflower meadow a spring cut using our flail mower. This site is part of the Adlington Pollinator Project. Great efforts have been made to change its use from arable to irresistible for our pollinating insects.
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New acquisition to help us deliver more, bigger, faster habitat enhancement and management for our biodiversity net gain clientele. It’s already working on BNG delivery of an upland acidic grassland site. Flail collector for cut & collect, green hay, wildflower meadows etc
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Tis cold but then again we are up beside Winter Hill in Lancashire!
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Barn owls make for messy house guests. But we love them anyway.
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Our phone lines are back up and running 🙂🙂🙂 you can call again on 01772 731403 ✅
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⚠️⚠️📵📵 Hey folks: we have phone issues today so please could you email your enquiries to us at: [email protected] Apologies for any inconvenience 📧
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Just completed: barn owl survey in Preston Lancashire.
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Pond water levels 11 months apart!
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Traditional meadow cutting in the modern age uses a brushcutter instead of a scythe. But both have a metal blade and require the same slicing shearing action.
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Want to create a wildflower meadow? We can help with that. From ploughing, rotovating, seeding and aftercare, we’re ready to make it a blooming success. Drop us a DM or call 01772 731404.
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It’s time to cut your meadows, particularly if they are predominantly grass (wildflowers still likely to be blooming). Need a contractor to speed the job up? Get in touch with us! #whentocutwildflowers #meadowcutting #meadowharvest #whentocutameadow #grasscutting
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Need a reptile fencing contractor ASAP? Drop us a message or call 01772 731404 now. Stock in hand ready to start 🌟
Need an experienced contractor to sort out reptile fencing asap? Give us a shout, stock in hand and ready to come to your site to install! contractecology.co.uk/reptil…
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New incidental species record from todays job site: common lizard! Previously unrecorded onsite. Spotted whilst we were strimming vegetation as part of annual habitat management of public open space 🦎
Himalayan balsam. Do you need a contractor to advise or help tackle this invasive species on your site? Drop Contract Ecology a DM or email [email protected] 💻contractecology.co.uk
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Pond creation… can’t wait to see these this time next year!
One of seven new ponds we created for housing developer client. Dug, seeded and planted. Ready for amphibians and inverts. Already seeing lots of dragonflies around them 💚
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And just because we can’t get enough of them right now here’s a whole carpet of them! Southern marsh orchids in bloom 💜
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Southern marsh orchids making a fine display at one of our managed receptor sites.
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