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An investigation of restored soil health at Ketton to improve ecosystem services

United KingdomQuarry Life Award 20163rd prize (National contest)

Biodiversity restoration - can drones provide an accurate, efficient and safe survey method?

United KingdomQuarry Life Award 20163rd prize (National contest)

The invertebrate biodiversity importance of bare ground habitat in Misson sand & gravel quarry

United KingdomQuarry Life Award 20162nd prize (National contest)

The value of quarry restoration at Whatley quarry to local ecological networks by the University of the West of England.

United KingdomQuarry Life Award 2014

The feasibility of biodiversity enhancements in woodland ground flora around Whatley quarry by Bath Spa University.

United KingdomQuarry Life Award 2014Biodiversity Enhancement Award (International contest)
2nd prize (National contest)
Little ringed plover

Restoration of Quarry Silt Lagoons for Wading Birds

United KingdomQuarry Life Award 20123rd prize (International contest)
1st prize (National contest)

Investigation of the potential of new lakes at Barton quarry as aquatic biodiversity hotspots by Loughborough University and University College London

United KingdomQuarry Life Award 20143rd prize (National contest)

Investigation into the insect biodiversity of grasslands surrounding the reedbed restoration at Needingworth quarry by Anglia Ruskin University

United KingdomQuarry Life Award 20141st prize (National contest)

Improving the biodiversity of an interconnected gravel pit lake system, Barton-under-Needwood Quarry, Staffordshire, UK: initial recommendations based on site...

United KingdomQuarry Life Award 20122nd prize (National contest)