Commercial Enquiries

PLEASE NOTE: The cost of our commercial data searches increased on 1st April 2026. Click here for more information.

There is a very useful guide to the use and value of biodiversity data on the CIEEM Website[1]

The nature of supplying ecological information is a very difficult area to put fixed prices on, therefore SER supplies quotations on an individual enquiry basis, based on the following pricing structure.

SER does not charge for the data supplied, but does reserve the right to levy an administration charge for data searches and report production.

Request a data search

Pricing from 1st April 2026

Standard Commercial ‘Products’

Category0.5km buffer1km buffer2km bufferover 2km buffer
Option 1: Protected / Notable / BAP Species£75£85£100bespoke costs based on search area size
Option 2: Nature Conservation Sites£75£85£100bespoke costs based on search area size
Option 3: Sites and Species (combined option 1 and 2)£135£155£185bespoke costs based on search area size
Supplementary: Non-statutory site Citations£50£60£75bespoke costs based on search area size
Supplementary: Invasive Non-native Species records£30£40£55bespoke costs based on search area size
Supplementary: BAP Habitats£75£85£100bespoke costs based on search area size
Supplementary: Expedited turnaround£100£100£100bespoke costs based on search area size

Notes

  1.  CIEEM (2016) UK Guidelines for Accessing and Using Biodiversity Data Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM)
  2. All quoted prices are excluding VAT at the current rate
  3. The cost will be reduced by 40% of the original quotation if no data is found in the search
  4. Payment is normally by invoice, but SER reserves the right to ask for payment before completing the search
  5. This is only available where the area in the adjacent LERC is less than 1km²
  6. This detailed list is only supplied to bona fide ecological consultants
  7. In Staffordshire Local Wildlife sites are often termed Sites of Biological Importance (SBI).
  8. Local Geodiversity Sites were previously known as Regionally Important Geological/geomorphological Sites (RIGS) and may still be referenced as this in some documents.