The March issue of IEEM's In Practice carries Andrew's article on bioacoustics' coming of age.

The case study on the Northern Leopard frog recording has potential applications in the UK for natterjack toads - finding more ways to use the SM2

Are you a brilliant birder? Are you ambitious, motivated and looking for a career path that will establish you as a national expert in your chosen field ? If so, we would like to hear from you.

The event schedule for the underwater noise workshop on Wednesday 27th February that is being jointly run by Baker Consultants Ltd and HR Wallingford has now been published.  On-line registration is now available for this event.

Scotland has recently become a centre for offshore renewables investment, and the magnitude of the developments currently underway and planned for the future is surprising.  A map recently published by the Scottish government has plotted the locations of many of the recently announced investments in offshore renewables around Scotland.

Due to a rapidly expanding client base and increasing order book, Baker Consultants Ltd. is seeking to appoint a senior ornithologist to join our Derbyshire-based team. We are seeking to appoint someone who, along with the usual technical expertise (VPs, CBC, BBS, single species survey, etc.) and experience, has the drive and ability to apply their knowledge in a highly innovative environment.

Baker Consultants Ltd. is seeking a to appoint a Principal Consultant Ecologist to further expand our presence in Scotland. This appointment is driven by our increasing order book in Scotland and our need to provide an efficient service to our client base.

Baker Consultants Limited has made a significant move to expand our in-house capability in marine ecology with appointment of Dr Anna McGregor and Federica Pace. As well as being marine biologists Anna and Federica both bring new skills and expertise to our established bioacoustics team.

I had thought that 2011 would be a year of consolidation however it turned out to be one of continued expansion and forward planning. Not only did our client base increase along with turnover but we also expanded the in-house team with Carlos Abrahams joining us as Technical Director

New guidance has been published on the assessment and reporting required under Article 17 of the Habitats Directive including marine habitats and species.