A range of woodland management services for property owners delivered professionally and to a high standard.

One of our guiding principles is to practice forms of sustainable forestry, that avoids as far as possible, the need to clearfell and restock.

Our aim is to deliver sustainable woodland management solutions for all our customers. We can provide professional advice regarding alternative woodland uses that will compliment primary silviculture and conservation requirements.

All woodland management is planned in accordance with current regulations, services cover:

• Surveying and completing Woodland Management Plans to UK Forestry Standard
• Grant Scheme applications
• Volume estimates of standing timber
• Felling licence applications
• Harvesting Plans
• Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping services
• Plans for transformation to Continuous Cover Forestry
• Timber marketing of sawlogs and woodfuel

We are able to produce high quality and cost effective digital maps of woodland, such as:

• Compartment and stand maps
• Harvesting and operations maps
• Habitat maps
• Ancient Woodland Zonal and threat maps
• Ancient Woodland Remnant feature maps
• Planting & Restocking maps

Our maps are used for Forestry Commission submissions of woodland management plans, felling licence applications and for woodland creation scheme.

Ancient woodland is woodland that has existed since 1600AD in England and Wales. They have developed irreplaceable, complex ecosystems that need protection. This includes soils, specialist plant flora, deadwood habitat, veteran trees, archaeology, terrain features etc. We specialise in surveying Ancient Woodland sites and those containing plantations.  The purpose of these surveys and reports are to:

• record the woodland condition
• record any Ancient Woodland Remnant features present
• identify threats to AW remnant features
• provide management recommendations to preserve and protect AW remnant features

You may be eligible for a free survey and report, so it is worth contacting us to find out.

For large volume harvesting we can organise tenders for suitable forestry contractors to carry out the work. On a commission basis we can:

• produce harvesting contracts
• conduct European Protected Species (EPS) checks
• produce harvesting plans
• oversee the work of contractors
• organise timber sales of sawlogs and woodfuel

For smaller volumes and sites less suited to large scale mechanised harvesting we can provide the felling and extraction work as well. To find out more about low impact timber extraction click on Iron Horse link.

In addition to other countryside legislation, practitioners need to familiarise themselves with European Protected Species (EPS) legislation. It is vital to deliver good practice guidance before commencing any woodland operations, especially as EPS will most likely be present. Failing to do so could lead to prosecution, even if an offence is inadvertently committed during operations.

The current list of European Protected Species covers

• All Bats species
• Dormouse
• Otter
• Great Crested Newt
• Smooth Snake
• Sand Lizard