Cornwall Environmental Consultants Limited
Habitat Restoration and Monitoring
Habitat restoration projects are undertaken on land that has been previously altered by former development or changes in land use. Cornwall Environmental Consultants Ltd provides advice on the restoration and creation of semi-natural habitats.
Cornwall has more derelict land than any other county in England, with 12 per cent of the total national resource. This land is predominantly found as former metalliferous mining sites.
Cornwall Environmental Consultants will:
- Provide sensitive advice on the restoration of semi-natural habitats on derelict land.
- Advise on the creation of semi-natural habitats including grasslands, heathlands and wetlands on land which has been altered by changes in land management.
- Undertake monitoring of habitat restoration schemes.
Example projects:
- Project: vegetation establishment at Geevor tin mine
Client: Planning Department, Cornwall County Council
A long-term coastal heathland establishment programme was devised and implemented; this was followed by a three-year maintenance and monitoring project in order to evaluate the success of vegetation establishment.
- Project: vegetation monitoring of restored habitats following
road reconstruction at Woodcock Corner
Client: Transportation and Estates Department, Cornwall County Council
Vegetation was monitored following treatment of the slopes of a new cutting with a hydraulic mulch seeding mix containing native grass, wildflower and shrub species.
- Project: Colliford Lake to Restormel water treatment works
pipeline
Client: South West Water
Monitoring of heathland along the route of a water pipeline which crosses several Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs). The monitoring continued for two years following pipeline construction.
- Project: heathland restoration at Newlyn East landfill site
Client: Aggregates and Minerals
Phased restoration of lowland heathland and scrub habitats on landfill following infilling of the site with inert material.
- Project: restoration of grassland habitats throughout Cornwall
Client: Transportation and Estates Department, Cornwall County Council
Advice given on standard grass seed mixes to be used on roadside verges, cuttings and embankments throughout Cornwall.
