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You may have been asked by the local council, your architect or planner for a bat survey but what does this mean?

Paragraph 79 (formerly Paragraph 55) is part of the National Planning Policy Framework updated in February 2019.

For anyone working on new development, developers in England will need to be aware of the potential environmental impact it could have on native protected species such as The Great Crested Newt.

Winter is not the end of ecology surveys, there is still plenty to be progressing with and for some species is the best time of year. Here are a few thing that can still occur.

Hi, my name is Joseph and I’m a student studying MSc Species Identification and Survey Skills at the University of Reading.

New Water Vole Mitigation Handbook published by The Mammal Society provides updated survey and mitigation recommendations for the species when submitting for planning or for other construction activies.

It is that time of year again when ecologists emerge from hibernation and look to plan surveys for the coming season. The first milestone are Great Crested Newts with the survey season spread between mid-March and mid-June.

Environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis is a new method for great crested newt monitoring in water bodies.

This year is going to be really interesting in the ecology world. There are various new and exciting technologies being introduced that could really change the way ecology surveys are conducted.