Ecology
Insight is written and edited by Dr Christopher Betts
Insight is written and edited by Dr Christopher Betts.
Badger mitigation: when setts are found on your land
This blog summarises what you need to know about badger mitigation when planning a land development project. They're common across the UK and your planning application depends on abiding by the law.
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Wildlife-spotting on your beach holiday
If you're holidaying by a British beach this year, we've created a quick guide to help you enjoy the huge variety of marine wildlife to be found. Learn more about seaweeds, crabs, shells, and everything else that washes up on the sand.
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How the smallest green space can help our planet
Green space and urban corridors. You’d be forgiven for assuming this only concerns large parks and woodlands. Granted, they’re important green space examples, but so is that small meadow on your housing estate, or the verge down by the canal towpath. Large and small, it’s all green space, and it helps our planet in ways that concern you.
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Are bats roosting on your development site?
If you’re a land or housing developer, it can be frustrating to find bats roosting on your site, or within buildings you plan to develop. With all eighteen bat species known in the UK, they’re legally protected. You mustn’t kill, injure, or disturb them, or their empty roosts. So, what do you do? Let us explain.
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Do you know what surveys you need?
If you’re looking to develop a piece of land, you’ll have to undertake some ecological surveys. Are you asking: “Which ones?”
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