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Consultancy

Daniele Muir has a BSc in Environmental Science and an MSc in Sustainability, and over 25 years experience of working in the environmental field. Perthshire Wildlife offers a consultancy service for ecological and sustainability projects, including guided walks for corporate clients. We also run outdoor classroom projects and teacher training for schools and groups, linking in to the Curriculum for Excellence.

Recent clients have included the Cateran Ecomuseum, University of Dundee, University of Glasgow, Experience Scotland, the Tay Foundation, the Tay Landscape Partnership, Carse of Gowrie Sustainability Group, Tayside Biodiversity Partnership, Scottish Natural Heritage, Perth & Kinross Council, Perth and Kinross Countryside Trust and Pitlochry Festival Theatre.

Ecological services offered:

  • Phase 1 Habitat Survey and Preliminary Ecological Appraisal
  • Site management plans
  • Advice to Building and Architecture professionals – buildings for wildlife
  • BREEAM ecological reports
  • Managing community biodiversity projects
  • Swift surveys
  • Dragonfly surveys

Sustainability services offered:

  • Sustainability audit for businesses to reduce costs, improve efficiency, reduce the impact of the business, improve biodiversity, make the business more competitive and help reduce carbon footprint
  • Sustainable road drainage systems – wildlife kerbs and new developments

Our Tours, Walks & More

Angus Coastal Tours

Beaver Tours

Celtica Wildflowers

Tours around Perthshire

Consultancy

Education

Testimonials

“Ahead of a major HLF-funded building restoration project led by Angus Council, Perthshire Wildlife was approached to supply a detailed Swift survey of the Kirriemuir Conservation Area. The resulting work was carried out very promptly and very professionally and will now help us work directly with the local authority, architects and building contractors to ensure existing swift nest sites are safeguarded within the town. The survey and resulting report will also justify a funding application to supply individual property owners within the Kirriemuir Conservation Area new integral or external swift nest boxes, together with professional advice. All this work will hopefully lead – not just to safeguarding the existing Kirriemuir Swift population – but also encourage new generations of this important Priority Species to look on Kirriemuir as home.

Setting up a new wildlife group is time consuming but where the Tayside Amphibian & Reptile Group (TayARG) is concerned, Perthshire Wildlife has been able to research and prepare all the necessary paperwork for the volunteers, look into sponsorship and funding to equip new volunteers – and to plan, not only a presentation to launch the new group, but also the accompanying gullypot training afterwards. Excellent value for money!”

Tayside Biodiversity Co-ordinator, Tayside Biodiversity Partnership

“Perthshire Wildlife carried out a series of guided walks for Perth and Kinross Countryside Trust under the theme ‘Reading the Landscape’. The guided walks focused on introducing the fascinating geology, history, legends and natural features of the Cateran Trail in Perthshire. Perthshire Wildlife showed enthusiasm for new subject matter and great skill in imparting information to the audience. The Countryside Trust would happily work with Perthshire Wildlife again in the future.”

Perth & Kinross Countryside Trust

“Perthshire Wildlife managed the Carse of Gowrie Swift Conservation Project throughout 2013 and 2014. All of the committee was very impressed with the project and your work, and the report looks really great. Thank you.”

Carse of Gowrie Sustainability Group