Powerful insights
SCL provides a wide range of technical services to the UK’s land managers, with a strong focus on conservation.
SCL provides a wide range of advisory and monitoring services to the UK’s land managers.
Countryside
We have a keen interest in landscape-scale environmental planning projects, and offer a range of consultancy services to facilitate the process.
Water
We provide services that help bring landowners, public bodies and communities together to achieve common goals.
Deer population
We offer a wide range of deer management support services, including abundance estimation, population modelling, cull setting and management planning.
We offer a wide range of deer management support services, including abundance estimation, population modelling, cull setting and management planning.
Excavator
Our peatland research and experimental trials have achieved wide recognition amongst the government agencies for their quality. In November 2015, our work was recognised with a Nature of Scotland Award from the RSPB.
Map
SCL has expert in-house GIS capability to support all aspects of work that we undertake for our clients.
Waterfall
SCL has the expertise and equipment to deliver a wide range of hydrological services to our clients, including hydropower assessment and river gauging.
SCL has the expertise and equipment to deliver a wide range of hydrological services to our clients, including hydropower assessment and river gauging.
Sphagnum
SCL offers a range of integrated services to evaluate the condition of peatlands on development and conservation sites.
newsam
Why not look at our blog? It is updated regularly and describes the wide spectrum of services we offer our clients.
Windfarm
We deliver a wide range of services to our clients in the wind energy sector, from scoping through construction to operations.
Construction
Our staff hold Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) cards, have a First Aid at Work certificate and are trained to work under CDM regulations. SCL is registered with Achilles.
Capercaillie droppings
SCL has developed a wide range of indirect methods to quantify woodland animal abundance.
SCL has developed a wide range of indirect methods to quantify woodland animal abundance.
Peat Surveyor
SCL has expertise in upland geomorphology, and offers specialist technical services across a range of habitats including blanket bogs.
Pile Dam
SCL has wide ranging experience in developing blanket bog restoration methods and monitoring the outcomes after treatment work is complete.
SCL has wide ranging experience in developing blanket bog restoration methods and monitoring the outcomes after treatment work is complete.
Surveyor
Our staff are our greatest asset, and we’ve been an Investor in People for over 12 years.
Our staff are our greatest asset, and we’ve been an Investor in People for over 12 years.
Wood stack
SCL delivers a range of survey and monitoring services in commercial forests including stocking density and crop inventory.
Heather
SCL has a long history of involvement in plant ecology and is experienced in a wide range of site survey methods and monitoring techniques.
Woodland
Forestry Commission Scotland (FCS) now offer a Woodland Improvement Grant (WIG) for deer management planning, based on the deer abundance survey techniques we developed.
Dragonfly
SCL offers a wide range of animal ecology services, with a focus on delivering high precision monitoring to help our clients make informed decisions.
Innovation
We have the capability and facilities to design and manufacture bespoke monitoring equipment.
We have the capability and facilities to design and manufacture bespoke monitoring equipment.
Impacts
We investigate the impact that mammals have in all types of woodlands and open range habitats, often using a formal experimental approach.
Deer
20 years of research and development by SCL has resulted in development of a high precision field method to estimate deer abundance in woodlands.
Sphagnum
Through expertise in hydrology and ecology, SCL can deliver a range of services designed to help our clients understand the processes at work on peatlands and groundwater-dependent ecosystems.
Through expertise in hydrology and ecology, SCL can deliver a range of services designed to help our clients understand the processes at work on peatlands and groundwater-dependent ecosystems.
Established 1998
SCL has spent almost 20 years developing high quality, custom-designed environmental monitoring schemes in the uplands for our long-term industrial partners.
Reindeer
We have expertise in quantifying grazing impact across a wide range of habitats and animal species.
Leaf
Our staff have a critical scientific eye and are experienced in the field of technical review.
Broadleaf
SCL assesses new land for woodland establishment, designs & oversees planting programs and can deliver condition assessments through the life cycle of a new woodland.
SCL can assess new land for woodland establishment, design & oversee planting and deliver woodland condition assessment.
Weir box
Over the last 17 years, we have continued to learn from the challenging work we undertake, and are constantly trying to find new ways of adapting or improving our techniques.
Over the last 17 years, we have continued to learn from the challenging work we undertake and are constantly trying to find new ways of adapting or improving our techniques.
Thuidium
SCL has an in-depth understanding of all aspects of experimental design, statistical analysis and field craft, enabling us to deliver a wide range of high precision monitoring techniques to clients.
