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MOvember - Tash tastic Baker Boys

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MOvember - Tash tastic Baker Boys

Well, we're past the mid-point and have decided to unveil the Baker Consultants Movember Mos for your delictation. You can visit our site and donate your cash.... or just laugh and appreciate the itchyness!

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The elusive dormouse

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The elusive dormouse

It took almost a whole season of survey to discover, but after monthly checks having setting out nest boxes and tubes in early June, dormice (Muscardinus avellanarius)  were discovered in hedges at a site in the south west of England.

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Silly season

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Silly season It’s the silly season; dusk and dawn surveys, torchlight surveys of ponds, and bottle trapping. Some would say that this is why we do the job, being out in the field, seeing amazing sunrises, and beautiful landscapes. We say that too! more

Are there bats up there - find out before the trees get leaves on!

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Are there bats up there - find out before the trees get leaves on! Assessing trees for bat roosts can require considerable effort because the features that bats use can often be small, high in the canopy of the tree and obscured by foliage. That’s great for predator avoidance, but presents ecologists with difficulties when surveying. There are several methods to survey trees and the level of survey is somewhat dependent on the value of the habitat for bats and the extent of the impacts. more

Glow worm friendly cycle path in Gloucestershire

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Glow worm friendly cycle path in Gloucestershire Anton writes: At the end of November 2009 I was thrilled to see an article in the Daily Telegraph about the success of a cycle path in Tewkesbury, a scheme that I worked on between 2001-2003. The scheme began over 15 years ago as a proposed relief road for Tewkesbury, but came up against public opposition and to date has not been built. more

The world of public authority tenders

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The world of public authority tenders Does anyone out there have a fail-safe way of filling in pre-qualification forms? Of course not! We’re even sending Diana on a course to learn about them. I’d really like to get a group of Local Authority procurement people in a room to justify why they are all different and admit which bits are completely arbitrary. more

Anton Kattan

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Anton Kattan Baker Consultants had been invited to tender for a number of contracts in Wales and so were keen to have an established contact in the vicinity. more
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