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Protected Species Survey Calendar

Survey Season Calendar with NotesOur Protected Species Survey Calendar is designed to help you plan ahead and integrate ecological requirements into your project programmes.  
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Reptile Translocations – What to Expect…

So there are reptiles found on your development site. What can you do about it to allow your development to go ahead? What exactly does…
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Great Crested Newt Reminder

As you may be aware, there’s a very limited period of time when you can survey for great crested newts. This, coupled with the fact…
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Bat Mitigation Training

We’re running a new course in Bat Mitigation Training, in Brighton on 28 February 2019. This one day programme will be delivered in collaboration with…
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The Loneliest Bat in Britain

Our Senior Ecologist Becci was lucky enough on Saturday to catch a glimpse of a rare creature. The greater mouse-eared bat was declared extinct in…
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Rampion Offshore Wind Farm and Ecology

By Judith Heron Last week I was lucky enough to go on a boat tour of the new Rampion Offshore Wind Farm, organised by the…
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Great Crested Newt Surveys – Everything You Need to Know…

When is the GCN Survey Season? The survey season for Great Crested Newts (GCN) is upon us already! It’s a tight window from mid-March to…
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When is the Right Time to Schedule an Ecological Survey?

OK, so you know you have to have an ecological assessment carried out for your development, but when is the right time to have it…
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Forward Planning your Ecological Requirements

With 2018 underway, now is a good time to consider which sites in your portfolio could require protected species surveys over the coming year. Surveys…
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10 Things You Should Know about PEAs

(And we’re not talking about the vegetable!) 1. Preliminary Ecological Appraisals (PEAs) have become the standard phase 1 ecological survey required by local authorities to…
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Bat Surveys

There are 17 species of bat resident in the UK (18 if you count the greater mouse-eared bat) all of which are protected under the…
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3 Simple Steps to Secure Planning Permission – Fast

Urban Edge Environmental works with developers, planners and architects throughout the UK. We understand that one of the key frustrations they face is when a…
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Guide to Protected Species Surveys

Our Guide to Protected Species Surveys is packed with useful information about some of the more commonly encountered species, including identification, conservation status, survey methodologies…
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The Importance of Submitting Biological Records

At this time of year many consultants are sending their survey data to Local Records Centres and, with the Biological Records Centre celebrating its 50th…
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Winter Bird Surveys

It is generally considered that winter is a quiet time for ecologists and, with many UK protected species going into hibernation, for the most part…
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eDNA & Great Crested Newts

In March 2014 Defra published a study which evaluated the efficiency of using environmental DNA (eDNA) to detect populations of great crested newts (GCN) in…
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Bird Nesting Season

One of the recommendations that crops up in many Phase 1 reports is the timing of works to avoid the nesting bird season.  Birds can…
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Box Mines SSSI Hibernation Count

In January I took part in a survey of hibernating bats at the Box Mines Site of Special Scientific Importance (SSSI) which also forms part…
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