Bats

Our fully qualified and licensed ecologists have extensive experience in supporting clients where bats are a factor in development.

Bats may be roosting as a maternity colony or as individuals in trees or buildings, or commuting and foraging in brown field, urban or ecologically sensitive sites. In any situation, our knowledge and expertise will help to ensure that your development can proceed cost-effectively and comply with legal obligations.

Our services include:

Inspection surveys: surveys of potential roosting sites proposed for development or demolition
Tree surveys: categorisation of bat roost potential and elevated access platform surveys
Roost surveys: nocturnal surveys focusing on the site to be developed
Activity surveys: nocturnal surveys assessing species diversity and distribution
At height surveys: assessing bat activity at altitude in relation to proposed wind turbine developments
Static detector surveys: for long-term monitoring and survey
Ecological clerk of works: supervision of soft-felling of trees or hand demolition of sensitive parts of buildings
Impact assessment: for large-scale developments such as wind farms and housing developments which might affect bat populations