Author: Richard Green

Several bat surveys undertaken over the summer of 2017 showed low-use of the original bungalow loft by brown long-eared (a small amount of bat droppings but no bats encountered on any of the surveys) and serotine bats (one bat emerged…

The Institute of Lighting Professionals, in partnership with the Bat Conservation Trust, has published new guidance on bats and lighting. This is the latest practical guidance on considering the impact upon bats when designing lighting schemes. This guidance is available on…

Richard has successfully passed the Natural England training and assessment and is now registered to use Annexes B, C & D of the new Natural England Bat Mitigation Class Licence WML-CL21. The Bat Mitigation Class Licence (BMCL) permits activities that…

Wildlife Licence charges The legislation to enable Natural England to charge for licences has been signed by the Minister and is being scrutinised by Parliament. If approved, the legislation will come into force in October. Natural England are working towards…

Due to popular demand, we are pleased to announce that we will be running our Introduction to QGIS for Ecological Consultants two-day training course for a second time this year, on the 30 & 31 October 2018. The course will…

Two of our team members, Rory and Sarah, recently attended the Species Recovery Trust’s Water Vole Survey and Ecology course in West Devon. The course provided a great opportunity to study water vole field signs in the wild and learn…

On a hot day in early July, three of our staff, Richard, Tom and Sarah, attended the Species Recovery Trust’s excellent course on Beaver Ecology, Survey, Conservation and Conflict Resolution, tutored by Derek Gow. It was great to see the…

Natural England has published their consultation response and proposals to charge for wildlife licences on Defra’s behalf. They promise a commitment to improve the service performance for mitigation licences, alongside the implementation of charges. Ecological consultants will have to pay…

CIEEM has published a new report on bat mitigation effectiveness entitled ‘Reviewing the evidence on mitigation strategies for bats in buildings: informing best-practice for policy makers and practitioners’. This study provides evidence for planners, developers and ecological practitioners on the…

Following our unfortunate first course on great crested newt ecology and survey in March that coincided with the ‘Beast from the East’, when no newts were seen, last night and this morning we saw lots of newts, including both sexes…