Case Studies
YDNPA – Needlehouse woodland creation and boundary improvements
Over the 2025/26 winter season, Habitat Works delivered a fencing infrastructure and woodland creation project for Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA) at Needlehouse, near Sedbergh, covering an area of approximately 5.1 hectares.
The project forms part of a wider woodland creation scheme aimed at expanding native woodland cover, improving [...]
RSPB – Beckingham Marshes – water level management and wetland habitat enhancement
Habitat Works were commissioned by the RSPB to deliver targeted water level management and wetland habitat enhancement at Beckingham Marshes.
The project focused on installing a series of water control features and improving ditch connectivity to enable precise, responsive management of water levels across the lower fields. The aim being [...]
Groundwork – Fryston Liming Works
In 2026 Habitat Works were appointed by Groundwork, on behalf of the Land Trust, to deliver targeted grassland improvement works at Fryston Country Trails in Castleford.
Fryston Country Trails is a 65-hectare regenerated green space, transformed from the former Fryston and Wheldale colliery sites into a thriving landscape for wildlife, [...]
Natural England – England Ecosystem Survey (EES)
The ecology team at Habitat Works have been supporting the England Ecosystem Survey (EES), with work delivered across multiple survey seasons to date. We are now entering our third year of involvement on this nationally significant programme.
Commissioned by Natural England, the EES is one of the most comprehensive environmental [...]
Badger Bait Marking Survey
Habitat Works delivers a range of specialist badger surveys to support ecological assessment and inform development planning where protected species constraints are present.
In Spring 2026, our ecology team completed a programme of bait-marking surveys on a major infrastructure project, providing detailed insight into badger territorial behaviour, sett use, and [...]
Moors for the Future Partnership – Sphagnum Planting
In February/March 2026, Habitat Works delivered a sphagnum planting project for Moors for the Future Partnership (MFFP). The total quantity of sphagnum plugs planted as part of the project was 100,000 units across the Loxley / Bradfield CP moor.
Sphagnum moss plug plants were planted into suitable habitat present on the site, in [...]
RSPB – Langford Lowlands Reedbed Translocation
In 2025, Habitat Works were appointed by the RSPB to undertake reed translocation works at Langford Lowfields, supplementing the pond creation work we’ve completed for them at this site over the last few years.
Situated northeast of Newark, the 120-hectare reserve, once a sand and gravel quarry, now stands as the largest reedbed in the East Midlands, supporting an [...]
Envance – Badger Sett Closure
Supporting Envance, we had been tasked with excluding a badger sett under licence in the West Midlands region following the discovery of human bones that had been displaced by badgers digging under the cemetery from an adjacent railway embankment. After the bones had been carefully recovered by Police forensic teams and confirmed [...]
Norton-Juxta Kempsey Parish – Biodiversity Enhancement Works
In 2025, Habitat Works was commissioned by Norton-Juxta Kempsey Parish Council to provide environmental and construction design services for their Tranquillity Trails community project.
Mersey Rivers Trust – Whittle Brook Wetland Scrape
In 2026, Habitat Works Ltd were commissioned by Mersey Rivers Trust to deliver a wetland scrape as part of their ‘Great Sankey Reeding into Water Quality’ Project.
The newly created wetland will provide vital habitat for local bats, eels, and water voles, while the planted vegetation will help filter pollutants [...]