Tender Results of Natural England

Literature Review of Hydrodynamics and Sediment Dynamics in The Wash-Natural England has commissioned this contract to bring together existing literature in an up

The benefits of pond buffers and management of the surrounding land parcel-The aim of the project is to evaluate whether buffers and land parcel management under agri-environment schemes have been successful in producing good quality ponds. The survey of landowner's views on pond management is to evaluate how future implementation of options relevant to pond quality could be improved, potentially by improving the information or method of providing information to guide landowners.

Bolton Fell Moss - Phase 3 Construction Contract-The former Bolton Fell peat works (Factory Site) adjoins Bolton Fell Moss Special Area of Conservation (SAC) which was first confirmed as a Site of Community Interest in 2009 for its 'degraded raised mires, still capable of restoration'. It was designated as a full SAC in 2016, requiring the UK government to safeguard the site and ensure its restoration. Following the cessation of peat cutting, the existing Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) was extended to include all the land...

Process and Impact Evaluation of the Nutrient Mitigation Scheme-Process and Impact Evaluation of the Nutrient Mitigation Scheme

Eco-Hydrology and Peat Investigation - South Cumbria-Natural England are grounded in science, and it is imperative that our evidence base is strong and robust in order to restore nature. The sites of interest in this study are The Duddon Mosses Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), part of the Duddon Mosses Special Area of Conservation (SAC), Rusland Valley Mosses SSSI and Nichols Moss SSSI (Part of Witherslack Mosses SAC) in south Cumbria. These Internationally and nationally important lowland raised mires are found on the floors of the ...

EARNSE Hub - Learning Naturally Activity Planning-The EARNSE Hub is a proposed new development on Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria that will focus on improving the coastal and marine environment, including through more people getting involved with and caring for their outstanding natural heritage. The EARNSE Hub partners have been awarded a National Lottery Heritage Development Grant to prepare materials for the submission of an NLHF delivery grant. As part of the development grant we are seeking planning of activities for hands-on en...

CROW Mapping Positional Accuracy Improvement-Following a statutory process of consultation and appeal, the Countryside Agency (CA) issued in 2004/05 eight conclusive maps of open country (land consisting wholly or predominantly of mountain, moor, heath or down) and registered common land (RCL) in England, which became the basis of the open access rights that the public now enjoys over the mapped areas, subject to the limitations set out by the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (CROW). After the publication of the Conclusive Maps in...

National Trails Website - Hosting Maintenance and Development (2024)-National Trails Website - Hosting, Maintenance and Development (23/24)

To establish baseline data on predator abundance and behaviour in and around a sample of wooded and non-wooded cloughs (valleys) within the South Pennine Moors Special Protection Area (SPA)-A quotation is sought to establish baseline data on mammalian predator abundance and behaviour within two locations in the South Pennines Moors SPA. This contract will set up a network of trail cameras in and around two wooded cloughs (valleys) and two non-wooded cloughs, with cameras extending onto the adjacent open moorland in both instances. The network of cameras is intended to capture data on mammalian predator data abundance and behaviour to inform further research work.

The Chalk Coast NNR: Chalk Scrub Evaluation Project-Project will run from January 2024 until March 2025. It will take place in Seaford to Eastbourne Nature Recovery Project (map provided in RFQ). It will include a literature review of scrub in the chalk landscape, mapping including aerial and ground based digital data capture and species surveys and management plans (subject to financial confirmation).