Since our inception we have been committed to delivering projects of the highest quality and pride ourselves on being at the forefront of ecological expertise. Our aim is to furnish our clients with sound scientific knowledge as the basis for making responsible decisions involving land use and resource management.

We employ specialists in terrestrial, freshwater and coastal habitats and staff with a wide range of survey skills and licenses covering higher and lower plants, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, birds, fish and terrestrial and aquatic invertebrates.

What Keystone can do for the Public Sector...

• Undertake terrestrial, freshwater and coastal habitat surveys
  
  
• Carry out species specific surveys specialising in protected, rare and endangered species
  
  
• Utilise GIS and associated software packages for large scale biodiversity audits, protected species and habitat surveys
  
  
• In consultation with statutory organisations we undertake appropriate assessments
  
  
• We can produce the ecology chapter of Environmental Statements and undertake the ecology element of Strategic Environmental Assessments and EIA
  
  
• We can review and devise policies and Biodiversity Actions Plans through consultation
  
  
• We have an in-depth knowledge of current legislation and environmental policy
  
  
• We have specialist expertise in all forms of habitat management and can advise on, produce management plans and implement practical land management techniques to maintain and enhance the biodiversity of designated sites
  
  
• We carry out monitoring programmes to target areas of biodiversity loss and gain, generate population statistics for research projects and provide feedback on mitigation schemes
  
  
• We have extensive experience in the design of approved mitigation strategies and can apply for a wide range of licences on behalf of our clients
  
  
• Our in-house contracting department can supply site staff for the supervision of ecological works and site briefings and at the other end of the scale can install exclusion fencing and capture devices, create and restore habitats and implement habitat management techniques for conservation gain