Based in the centre of Edinburgh since 2003, MBEC is an environmental consultancy offering the full spectrum of ecological and ornithological services to clients. Ecological expertise in-house: • Terrestrial • Freshwater • Ornithology • Coastal and marine. A number of services are listed below but if you are looking for something which is not listed, please ask! • Appropriate assessments • Bat activity & endoscopic checks/tree climbing/mitigation • Bird flight activity patterns • Botanical (including lichens, mosses etc) • Ecological surveys/advice (before and after land acquisition) • Ecological clerk of works • Ecological impact assessment • Expert witness • Fisheries and FWPM surveys/migratory • GIS • Intertidal/MNCR/Benthic • Licence applications/protection plan method statements • Mammal survey/mitigation • NVC • Phase 1 habitat/extended • Reptile mitigation • Site management • Wildlife legislation interpretation. MBEC is comprised of a dedicated team of professional ecologists with specialist subconsultants on hand, as necessary. MBEC has experience across a wide range of planning processes and construction sectors. Clients - blue-chip to SMEs! Private sector, central government, government agencies, local authorities, charities and, NGOs.