Barn Hill Ecology are experienced in undertaking a number of protected species surveys
including:
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Bat
Natural England survey licence holder (Class 4)
Tree climb and inspect surveys
Roost potential surveys
Habitat assessments
Building inspections
Dusk emergence/pre-dawn re-entry surveys
Transect/activity surveys
Remote detector surveys
Harp trapping surveys
Bat call/sonogram analysis
Great crested newt (Triturus cristatus)
Natural England survey licence holder
Habitat Suitability Index (HSI) surveys
Environmental DNA (eDNA) surveys
Presence/likely absence surveys - bottle trapping, torch survey, netting, egg search, refuge search
Mitigation - habitat creation, trapping, translocation and site supervision
Otter (Lutra lutra)
Habitat assessment
Presence/likely absence surveys including restricted access surveys (boat access)
Camera trapping surveys
Mitigation - otter holt creation/monitoring
Water vole (Arvicola amphibious)
Habitat assessment
Presence/likely absence surveys
Mitigation: monitoring of burrows, trapping, translocation and site supervision
Reptiles
Habitat assessment
Presence/likely absence surveys
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:
Bird surveys: vantage point, breeding and wintering walkover surveys
Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) surveys
White-clawed crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) surveys
National Vegetation Classification (NVC)/Detailed botanical surveys
Invasive/controlled plant species surveys
Invertebrate surveys
Badger (Meles meles)
Habitat assessment
Activity surveys and sett monitoring including camera trapping
Bait marking surveys / territory mapping