Author: Richard Green

Richard recently attended a two day Natural England/CIEEM training course to become a Registered Consultant with a Bat Low Impact Class Licence (BLICL). After the course Richard had to undertake an on-line assessment that he passed with flying colours. The aims of this…

Richard recently attended a two day Natural England/CIEEM training course to become a Registered Consultant with a Bat Low Impact Class Licence (BLICL). After the course Richard had to undertake an on-line assessment that he passed with flying colours. The…

We have recently taken delivery of a FLIR E6 thermal imaging camera and are currently trialling it for use in bat surveys, both in roosts and for emergence surveys. Here are some images of lesser horseshoe bats roosting and in…

The Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management have recently produced guidelines for homeowners on what to expect from a bat survey. Click Here for more information.

New research carried out by scientists from the University of Exeter and Bat Conservation Ireland, has discredited the popular belief that street lighting is attractive to common bats. The previous assumption was that bats could feed on the insects that…

Bacteria found naturally on some bats may prove useful in controlling the deadly fungal disease known as white-nose syndrome, which has devastated bat populations throughout eastern North America and continues to spread across the continent. Scientists isolated bacteria that strongly inhibited the growth of…

Richard Green Ecology, in collaboration with Marquis and Lord, are running a training course on the analysis of bat data using the open source software R and RStudio®. The course is for anyone who may find themselves needing to deal…

Last week Natural England released updated Standing Advice for European Protected Species. Standing Advice was originally introduced to replace some of the individual comments that Natural England provided to local authorities when assessing planning applications that could affect protected species.

The Green Alliance has published Greener Britain: Practical proposals for party manifestos from the environment and conservation sector. Environmental policy-making has been challenging in the last few years. As a country, we have made significant gains in some important areas,…

The Government has been given a ‘red card’ for its efforts to reduce health-damaging air pollution, protect biodiversity and prevent flooding in a scorecard assessment of its green policies during this Parliament produced by the Environmental Audit Committee. The report…