Vital Ecology

02/09/2025

It as great to be working with Veronica Henry - Sustainable Spaces conducting butterfly surveys and a rapid rain forest assessment at Centre for Alternative Technology - collecting data for CAT’s exciting new project. We have worked with specialist freelancers, a CAT masters student , a school leaver from the local community and staff members to produce a data set which will go into our final ecological report writing later this month 🐦‍🔥🍂🌱 big thanks to the incredible Plantlife: saving wild plants for all of their ecological tolls and resources 🌿

28/08/2025

Back in 2022, we were fortunate enough to join such a stellar team of consultants, architects, and specialists working with Centre for Alternative Technology🌿

Since then, I’ve had the privilege of acting as ecological consultancy lead — project managing the ecology side of the redevelopment. That includes commissioning and overseeing specialist contractors, carrying out surveys, pulling together the final reports, and advising on ecological planning and design.

This redevelopment is all about showing what’s possible when innovation, ecology, and community come together to create a truly regenerative future.

What makes this journey so rewarding is not just the vision of the external project team, but also the incredible in-house skills at CAT that are shaping what’s to come. From woodland and land management to botanical expertise, organic growing, and more — the depth of knowledge among CAT’s staff is a true asset, grounding innovation in lived ecological practice.

The Centre has long been a pioneer in sustainability, and this redevelopment builds on that legacy — embedding biodiversity, ecological resilience, and innovative design at its heart.

The work is very much ongoing, and I’m now focused on finalising numerous reports and wrapping up this season’s reptile surveys, as the project continues to take shape 🌍✨ - Scott Roe

28/08/2025

We are team building for the winter - we are looking for freelancers with the following skills: Ornithological vantage points, Raptor surveys, Dormouse, QGIS mapping skills, Invasive species expertise and Wintering bird surveyors. Drop me a link to your webpage or C.V. or visit www.itsvital.co.uk and email something across :)

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26/06/2025

What a beautiful day for survey work - a little warm for ‘ladder work’ but what’s not to love about a site as glorious as Centre for Alternative Technology ☀️🐦‍🔥

25/06/2025

Big congratulations to everyone at Centre for Alternative Technology exciting times ahead…
We’re thrilled to be back working on one of our favourite sites in Wales. Personally, I’m delighted to be part of the wider team of architects, designers, ecologists and specialists who’ve been brought in to help deliver this fantastic new chapter. It’s a forward-thinking project with biodiversity, sustainability, and people right at its core — and it’s great to be getting settled in 👌🏻☀️

25/06/2025

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We’re thrilled to share the exciting news that the first phase of investment for CAT’s transformational redevelopment project, Cynefin, has officially been approved.

26/02/2025

Its great to be working alongside Traffig Cymru Gogledd a Chanolbarth Traffic Wales North & Mid - monitoring and helping to protect Amphibian populations. Big thanks also to Dyfi Wildlife Centre, Cors Dyfi Reserve & Observatory for their support -its lovely to be back surveying on one of my favourite sites in Wales.

21/11/2023

We are team-building again over here at Vital Ecology. Drop us a message if your looking for any Ornithological work over the winter :)