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Sunday, March 14th, 2010
Great crested newt surveys can be carried out in Greater Manchester during spring and early summer. Pond surveys for great crested newts are undertaken at a time of year when the great crested newt population returns to the pond to breed. Great crested newt pond surveys have to be carried out to strict guidelines and so the people undertaking them must be properly trained, licensed and experienced to carry out great crested newt pond surveys. Greater Manchester has many ponds and wet areas which are suitable for great crested newts. Any action which has the potential to disturb great crested newts or their habitats must be preceded by great crested newt surveys of the pond or area, to ensure that no great crested newts are disturbed. United Environmental Services have experienced and appropriately licensed staff that can carry out great crested newt surveys in Greater Manchester. At times of year when great crested newts are not in the ponds, other survey methods can be employed. The main technique used is the habitat suitability index which is an accepted method of assessing a habitat for its suitability for use by great crested newts.
United Environmental Services carry out surveys across Greater Manchester. The surveys which are carried out in Greater Manchester include great crested newt surveys, bat surveys, Phase 1 habitat surveys, breeding bird surveys, water vole surveys and a full range of environmental surveys. United Environmental Services also offer landscape design and garden design services in Greater Manchester and can provide the materials and implementation work if required. We have a team of experienced surveyors, landscape architects and ground workers who work to a high standard across Greater Manchester.
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Sunday, March 14th, 2010
Great crested newt surveys can be carried out in Cumbria during spring and early summer. Pond surveys for great crested newts are undertaken at a time of year when the great crested newt population returns to the pond to breed. Great crested newt pond surveys have to be carried out to strict guidelines and so the people undertaking them must be properly trained, licensed and experienced to carry out great crested newt pond surveys. Cumbria has many ponds and wet areas which are suitable for great crested newts. Any action which has the potential to disturb great crested newts or their habitats must be preceded by great crested newt surveys of the pond or area, to ensure that no great crested newts are disturbed. United Environmental Services have experienced and appropriately licensed staff that can carry out great crested newt surveys in Cumbria. At times of year when great crested newts are not in the ponds, other survey methods can be employed. The main technique used is the habitat suitability index which is an accepted method of assessing a habitat for its suitability for use by great crested newts.
United Environmental Services carry out surveys across Cumbria. The surveys which are carried out in Cumbria include great crested newt surveys, bat surveys, Phase 1 habitat surveys, breeding bird surveys, water vole surveys and a full range of environmental surveys. United Environmental Services also offer landscape design and garden design services in Cumbria and can provide the materials and implementation work if required. We have a team of experienced surveyors, landscape architects and ground workers who work to a high standard across Cumbria.
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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
Great Crested Newt Surveys in Merseyside
Great crested newt surveys can be carried out in Merseyside during spring and early summer. Pond surveys for great crested newts are undertaken at a time of year when the great crested newt population returns to the pond to breed. Great crested newt pond surveys have to be carried out to strict guidelines and so the people undertaking them must be properly trained, licensed and experienced to carry out great crested newt pond surveys. Merseyside has many ponds and wet areas which are suitable for great crested newts. Any action which has the potential to disturb great crested newts or their habitats must be preceded by great crested newt surveys of the pond or area, to ensure that no great crested newts are disturbed. United Environmental Services have experienced and appropriately licensed staff that can carry out great crested newt surveys in Merseyside. At times of year when great crested newts are not in the ponds, other survey methods can be employed. The main technique used is the habitat suitability index which is an accepted method of assessing a habitat for its suitability for use by great crested newts.
United Environmental Services carry out surveys across Merseyside. The surveys which are carried out in Merseyside include great crested newt surveys, bat surveys, Phase 1 habitat surveys, breeding bird surveys, water vole surveys and a full range of environmental surveys. United Environmental Services also offer landscape design and garden design services in Merseyside and can provide the materials and implementation work if required. We have a team of experienced surveyors, landscape architects and ground workers who work to a high standard across Merseyside.
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Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Great Crested Newt Surveys in Lancashire
Great crested newt surveys can be carried out in Lancashire during spring and early summer. Pond surveys for great crested newts are undertaken at a time of year when the great crested newt population returns to the pond to breed. Great crested newt pond surveys have to be carried out to strict guidelines and so the people undertaking them must be properly trained, licensed and experienced to carry out great crested newt pond surveys. Lancashire has many ponds and wet areas which are suitable for great crested newts. Any action which has the potential to disturb great crested newts or their habitats must be preceded by great crested newt surveys of the pond or area, to ensure that no great crested newts are disturbed. United Environmental Services have experienced and appropriately licensed staff that can carry out great crested newt surveys in Lancashire. At times of year when great crested newts are not in the ponds, other survey methods can be employed. The main technique used is the habitat suitability index which is an accepted method of assessing a habitat for its suitability for use by great crested newts.
United Environmental Services carry out surveys across Lancashire. The surveys which are carried out in Lancashire include great crested newt surveys, bat surveys, Phase 1 habitat surveys, breeding bird surveys, water vole surveys and a full range of environmental surveys. United Environmental Services also offer landscape design and garden design services in Lancashire and can provide the materials and implementation work if required. We have a team of experienced surveyors, landscape architects and ground workers who work to a high standard across Lancashire.
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Monday, March 8th, 2010
A construction company has been fined at Lowestoft Magistrates Court after failing to maintain amphibian fencing at a licenced site which allowed the trapped newts to return onto the development site which is now owned and managed by the Sussex Wildlife Trust.
The following article is taken from the Natural England website.
On 8 March 2010 at Lowestoft Magistrates Court, Barnes Construction Limited of Ransomes Europark, Ipswich, was fined £700 with £200 costs and a victim surcharge of £15 after pleading guilty to damaging or destroying a resting place of great crested newts at the construction site for a new Travelodge in Leisureway, Lowestoft.
The owners of the land at Potters Kiln had employed professional consultant ecologists to do a wildlife survey and apply to Natural England for a licence to trap and move any great crested newts to a new reserve set up specially to take them on land immeadiately adjoining the site. This land is now owned and managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust.
As part of the licenced trapping programme, a special amphibian-proof fence was erected around the entire site to help catch the newts but also to prevent them from returning to the site once they had been transferred to the adjacent site.
Natural England officers visited the site on 23 May 2008 following a complaint to find that the fence had been removed in some areas and damaged in others. This would allow newts to re-entre the site and potentially be killed or injured by the construction work which had already started on the site.
The company pleaded guilty to damaging or destroying a resting place of great crested newts under Regulation 39 (1) (d) of the Conservation (Natural habitats, &c) Regulations 1994.
Following the verdict, Natural England Wildlife Enforncement Specialist Paul Cantwell, said:
“This case highlights the need for construction companies to comply with the law in relation to protected species. In this particular case, the defendant failed to ask any questions of the site owner in relation to protected species and failed to ascertain the purpose of the amphibian fencing. Had it done so, they may not have ended up with a criminal conviction today. The aggravating feature in this case was that they were told by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust, the landowner’s ecologist, the Poilce and Natural England to stop works because of the risk to newts but failed to heed these warnings and carried on.”
A spokesperson for Suffolk Wildlife Trust added: “We are pleased that the law protecting great crested newts, which are protected at both a national and European level, has been proven to work. Great crested newts are legally protected from trade, transport, possession, capture, injury, killing or disturbance. Their habitat also receives protection from disturbance.”
Natural England Website
http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/regions/east_of_england/press_releases/2010/080310.aspx
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Thursday, February 18th, 2010
Well it’s been a long cold winter and we’ve all had a good rest but spring is just around the corner and we are gearing up for another busy year. Here are a few of the projects we are currently working on.
Cheshire: bats and great crested newts
We are currently in the planning stages of a large project in Wilmslow, Cheshire. The plans involve bat surveys (some of which we did last year), European protected species licensing, the planning and construction of a large bat barn prior to the start of development. Brown long eared bats, pipistrelles and myotis species were found during the bat surveys so the barn will be designed with these species in mind. The roost which is in place is currently being monitored using an anabat remote bat detector and several dataloggers to record temperature and humidity data. Whiskered bats and Brandt’s bats are present at the bat barns which were built for Manchester airport, only a few miles away. The project also requires great crested newt surveys on ponds in and around the site footprint. If great crested newts are found then a mitigation plan will have to be designed and an EPS licence application submitted to Natural England.
Merseyside: bats, great crested newts, water vole, barn owls
A golf course development on Merseyside which United Environmental Services were involved in last year still has work to be done as a condition of the licence. This will involve de-silting the ponds to improve their quality for great crested newts, and amphibians in general. The fitting of a large number of bat boxes around the site. The fitting of a number of bird boxes. Management of the woodlands. Management of the watercourse which has water voles resident. As a result of the great crested newt trapping scheme last year the on site ponds must also be monitored for the next 5 years.
Cambridgeshire: great crested newts, bats, reptiles and red kites
We also have great crested newt monitoring contracts at a site in Cambridgeshire not far from Stamford in Lincolnshire. The site was trapped out in 2008 and over 500 great crested newts relocated to new ponds. The site is rich in many species of wildlife and sits next to a SSSI woodland. Red kites are nesting close to the site and can often be seen hunting close by. Several species of reptiles were found during the trapping including, grass snake, slow worm and common lizard.
Staffordshire: bat monitoring
Bat monitoring is ongoing at the site of a former mill in Tunstall near Stoke on Trent in Staffordshire after a small number of pipistrelle bats were found to be using one of the buildings prior to demolition. Monitoring work will carry on until the new buildings have been built with replacement bat roosts built into the fabric of the buildings.
Tags: anabat, bat barn, bat roost, bat survey, brandts bats, brown long eared bat, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, dataloggers, european protected species licence, great crested newt, Manchester airport, Merseyside, monitoring, Natural England, pipistrelle bat, remote bat detector, Staffordshire, whiskered bats
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Sunday, February 14th, 2010
Great crested newt surveys can be carried out in Gwynedd during spring and early summer. Pond surveys for great crested newts are undertaken at a time of year when the great crested newt population returns to the pond to breed. Great crested newt pond surveys have to be carried out to strict guidelines and so the people undertaking them must be properly trained, licensed and experienced to carry out great crested newt pond surveys. Gwynedd has many ponds and wet areas which are suitable for great crested newts. Any action which has the potential to disturb great crested newts or their habitats must be preceded by great crested newt surveys of the pond or area, to ensure that no great crested newts are disturbed. United Environmental Services have experienced and appropriately licensed staff that can carry out great crested newt surveys in Gwynedd. At times of year when great crested newts are not in the ponds, other survey methods can be employed. The main technique used is the habitat suitability index which is an accepted method of assessing a habitat for its suitability for use by great crested newts.
United Environmental Services carry out surveys across Gwynedd. The surveys which are carried out in Gwynedd include great crested newt surveys, bat surveys, Phase 1 habitat surveys, breeding bird surveys, water vole surveys and a full range of environmental surveys. United Environmental Services also offer landscape design and garden design services in Gwynedd and can provide the materials and implementation work if required. We have a team of experienced surveyors, landscape architects and ground workers who work to a high standard across Gwynedd.
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Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
Great Crested Newt Surveys in Shropshire
Great crested newt surveys can be carried out in Shropshire during spring and early summer. Pond surveys for great crested newts are undertaken at a time of year when the great crested newt population returns to the pond to breed. Great crested newt pond surveys have to be carried out to strict guidelines and so the people undertaking them must be properly trained, licensed and experienced to carry out great crested newt pond surveys. Shropshire has many ponds and wet areas which are suitable for great crested newts. Any action which has the potential to disturb great crested newts or their habitats must be preceded by great crested newt surveys of the pond or area, to ensure that no great crested newts are disturbed. United Environmental Services have experienced and appropriately licensed staff that can carry out great crested newt surveys in Shropshire. At times of year when great crested newts are not in the ponds, other survey methods can be employed. The main technique used is the habitat suitability index which is an accepted method of assessing a habitat for its suitability for use by great crested newts.
United Environmental Services carry out surveys across Shropshire. The surveys which are carried out in Shropshire include great crested newt surveys, bat surveys, Phase 1 habitat surveys, breeding bird surveys, water vole surveys and a full range of environmental surveys. United Environmental Services also offer landscape design and garden design services in Shropshire and can provide the materials and implementation work if required. We have a team of experienced surveyors, landscape architects and ground workers who work to a high standard across Shropshire.
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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Flexibility
Defra have announced that Natural England will be granted more flexible powers to enforce breaches of wildlife legislation. The legislation applies to certain protected species such as the great crested newt, water vole, badgers and natterjack toads. The legislation also applies to all of our resident bat species.
Formerley Natural England had only three options available, these were
- issue of warning letters
- issue of caution
- full criminal prosecution
New powers
Under the new powers regulators will be able to match the strength of the sanction to the seriousness of the offence and also:
- Halt illegal activities
- order the restoration of environmental damage
- impose fines where legislation has been breached
Further information can be found on Natural Englands website by following the link below
http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/about_us/news/2010/030210.aspx
Tags: brandts bats, daubentons bats, enforcement powers, european protected species licence, great crested newt, greater horseshoe bats, legislation changes, leislers bats, lesser horseshoe bat, natterers bat, Natural England, noctule bat, pipistrelle bat, serotine bats, United Environmental Services, Water vole, whiskered bats, wildlife legislation
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Thursday, January 21st, 2010
Great crested newt surveys can be carried out in Warwickshire during spring and early summer. Pond surveys for great crested newts are undertaken at a time of year when the great crested newt population returns to the pond to breed. Great crested newt pond surveys have to be carried out to strict guidelines and so the people undertaking them must be properly trained, licensed and experienced to carry out great crested newt pond surveys. Warwickshire has many ponds and wet areas which are suitable for great crested newts. Any action which has the potential to disturb great crested newts or their habitats must be preceded by great crested newt surveys of the pond or area, to ensure that no great crested newts are disturbed. United Environmental Services have experienced and appropriately licensed staff that can carry out great crested newt surveys in Warwickshire. At times of year when great crested newts are not in the ponds, other survey methods can be employed. The main technique used is the habitat suitability index which is an accepted method of assessing a habitat for its suitability for use by great crested newts.
United Environmental Services carry out surveys across Warwickshire. The surveys which are carried out in Warwickshire include great crested newt surveys, bat surveys, Phase 1 habitat surveys, breeding bird surveys, water vole surveys and a full range of environmental surveys. United Environmental Services also offer landscape design and garden design services in Warwickshire and can provide the materials and implementation work if required. We have a team of experienced surveyors, landscape architects and ground workers who work to a high standard across Warwickshire.
Contact us for more information
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