by Alison | Aug 25, 2022 | Blog
Today staff at Geckoella heard about WWT citizen science at Steart Research Day at Cannington College. The Citizen Science project is building on and complementing Geckoella’s survey work at Steart on ditch wildlife and bats. It’s great to see our work in this bigger,...
by Alison | Aug 9, 2022 | Blog
Alongside her volunteer role as Regional Coordinator with the Sea Watch Foundation, Vanessa has been lead volunteer for Somerset Wildlife Trust’s Sea watch surveys. Since 2018 Vanessa has been helping organise and run these monthly surveys along the Somerset coast,...
by Alison | Aug 2, 2022 | Blog
Geckoella Surveyors routinely carry out climbed inspections of trees that have been assessed as having potential to hold bat roosts – features maybe a series of woodpecker holes found high up in the canopy that is only accessible by careful climbing with ropes....
by Alison | May 25, 2022 | Blog
Big thanks to Danielle Schreve, Head of Department and Professor of Quaternary Science at the Department of Geography, Royal Holloway University of London for officially opening our new workshop and facility at East Quay Watchet on Friday 20th May. We also had the...
by Alison | May 16, 2022 | Blog
‘Geckoella is delighted to have achieved Constructionline Gold and SSIP accreditation. Well done Jan Alvarez on assembling all the evidence and information! Gold membership requires a full assessment of our policies and procedures for environmental management,...
by Alison | Mar 29, 2022 | Blog
Geckoella trainers gave a talk online on the 5th April 2022 with an informative lunch time session spreading the word about the use of Detection Dogs in Ecology. This Ecologists’ Guide to the use of Detection Dogs was packed with vital information, and viewers...
by Alison | Jan 12, 2022 | Blog
Despite the gloomy continual disruption caused by Covid Geckoella has ploughed on and had a busy and productive 2021. Here is a little sum up of our year, plus some fun memories of our ecological and geological world in 2021. Geckoella had our busiest ecology and...
by Alison | Nov 23, 2021 | Blog, careers
Geckoella are very pleased to have contributed to the Somerset Education Business Partnership’s For those Looking to start a career in our sector, if you are interested in managing the natural environment and supporting sustainable development and live in...
by Alison | Nov 16, 2021 | Blog
Join Dr Andy King for a fascinating and illuminating walk along the Jurassic shore of Helwell Bay, Watchet. Travel back in time and explore this wonderful beach and find out about the marine creatures that lived in the early Jurassic seas that covered Watchet 200...
by Alison | Feb 19, 2021 | Blog
Ecologists Samuel Olney and Josh Butterworth undertook our first ‘in-house’ tree-climbing project recently. Pictured here they are conducting Aerial Inspection Surveys of Potential Roost Features (PRFs) that had been previously graded as having potential to support...
