Protected Species Surveys
Barn Hill Ecology are experienced in undertaking a number of protected species surveys
including:
Please get in touch to discuss your project or for a no-obligation quote.
Bat
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Natural England survey licence holder (Class 4)
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Tree climb and inspect surveys
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Roost potential surveys
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Habitat assessments
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Building inspections
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Dusk emergence/pre-dawn re-entry surveys
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Transect/activity surveys
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Remote detector surveys
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Harp trapping surveys
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Bat call/sonogram analysis
Great crested newt (Triturus cristatus)
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Natural England survey licence holder
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Habitat Suitability Index (HSI) surveys
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Environmental DNA (eDNA) surveys
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Presence/likely absence surveys - bottle trapping, torch survey, netting, egg search, refuge search
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Mitigation - habitat creation, trapping, translocation and site supervision
Otter (Lutra lutra)
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Habitat assessment
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Presence/likely absence surveys including restricted access surveys (boat access)
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Camera trapping surveys
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Mitigation - otter holt creation/monitoring
Water vole (Arvicola amphibious)
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Habitat assessment
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Presence/likely absence surveys
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Mitigation: monitoring of burrows, trapping, translocation and site supervision
Reptiles
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Habitat assessment
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Presence/likely absence surveys
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Mitigation: trapping, translocation and site supervision
Other surveys
Barn Hill Ecology are able to facilitate other ecological surveys via a network of carefully selected sub-consultants. Surveys include:
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Bird surveys: vantage point, breeding and wintering walkover surveys
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Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) surveys
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White-clawed crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) surveys
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National Vegetation Classification (NVC)/Detailed botanical surveys
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Invasive/controlled plant species surveys
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Invertebrate surveys
Badger (Meles meles)
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Habitat assessment
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Activity surveys and sett monitoring including camera trapping
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Bait marking surveys / territory mapping
