Welcome to GPM Ecology
Gareth Matthes Ecology is an ecological consultancy that has been running since 2002,
with offices based in Surrey, Dorset and associates across the UK. Over the
last decade clients have included housing associations, private developers,
private land-owners, local authorities, utility companies, government agencies,
and nature conservation groups. GPM Ecology and associates can provide
for the following ecological services:
- Fulfilling Planning Requirements and Project Management
- Protected-Species Surveys and Mitigation
- Ecological credits for BREEAM Schemes
- Management Plans and Habitat Creation
- Training
- Research
Latest News March 2012 - GREAT CRESTED NEWT SURVEYS IN UNUSUAL PLACES! During spring 2012 we have conducted Great Crested Newt surveys in unusual places, including a former swimming pool built by Winston Churchill; a dangerous by-way with large 1m deep ruts in which newts and Fairy Shrimps live and breed; a pond in the middle of a busy hospital next to a cardio-vascular unit; ponds within the grounds of an early 1900s mansion; and at nine Waste-water Treatment Works! One of the ponds at East Surrey Hospital having been constructed in 2005 is now well-developed (see photos below), with management and surveys conducted this year by Surrey Amphibian and Reptile Group. February 2012 - ANAEROBIC DIGESTER, MAKING ENERGY OUT OF COMPOST Last winter GPM Ecology got involved with ecological surveys on a solar-farm in the New Forest. This February Barfoot Energy Projects Ltd commissioned a survey of a field on a farm estate in Hampshire, proposed for an Anaerobic Digester. These on-farm Digesters can provide energy from biogas generated through the digestion of farm waste, with by-products including heat, fertiliser and a reduced Carbon-footprint from green-waste. Click below for more info on the Government's commitment towards ADs. Also new for 2012 we have added a button on our website, which will link directly to the IUCN 'Amazing Species' webpage. January 2012 - WOODLAND HABITAT ENHANCEMENT FOR REPTILES During January 2012 habitat creation was completed, following on from a slow-worm translocation in Wrecclesham, Surrey (March and June 2011 News Archive). Works included felling 30-40% of a 0.5ha Norway Spruce plantation on the banks of the River Wey; 50% of the standing plantation was ring-barked; and low-density native planting of Alder, Willow, Hazel, Hawthorn, Elder, Oak, Ash, Crab Apple and Blackthorn was required, as part of a felling licence. Greenways Countryside Management carried-out the works on behalf of housing association Sentinel Housing. The photos show that the ground-cover under Spruce felled during March 2011, had greened-up by January 2012. News extra - ALL YEAR ROUND GPM Ecology on Twitter! Click on the link below to begin following. We also proudly support IUCN - click the logo to visit their 'Amazing Species' page. Click here for for the News Archive.
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