Saltmarsh ecology CPD training
As one of very few specialist botanical consultancies with trained teachers, we have designed and delivered 3 saltmarsh training courses for the Environment Agency. See our training page for our range of ecology training courses.
We conducted a detailed bryophyte and NVC survey of Thornton Ellers SSSI, Yorkshire, including an impact assessment of agricultural pollution on bryophyte cover and abundance. Read more
PTYXIS completed a NVC survey of the vegetation communities present at this disused limestone quarry. We also advised on the grassland restoration and habitat re-creation scheme design. Read more

PTYXIS is an ecological consultancy specialising in botanical (including bryophyte) habitat survey work and conservation management plans in Northumberland, Cumbria, Durham, Yorkshire and Scotland. We also offer wildlife interpretation, and ecology and plant identification training services throughout the UK.
PTYXIS provides affordable and reliable ecological consultancy services to clients from the corporate, public and conservation sectors.
We are now one of the leading specialist botanical consultancies in the UK.


Our ecologists are full members of the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (IEEM) and adhere to its code of professional conduct.
We implement health & safety, environmental and quality assurance policies and hold professional indemnity and public liability insurance cover.
We also submit our records of higher plants and bryophytes to the BSBI's Flora of North-east England interactive website here
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