Free G&T and a lakeside view!

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The entries are starting to trickle in from our team for the Baker Consultants R&R awards for the best places to stay or eat whilst on site visits.

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Today's themes were Cumulative effects, Tools and technology, Mitigation and compensation and Future challenges.

Again, a huge amount of interesting and relevant information which will immediately be put into practice. Our approach to ecology for wind farm developments is going to get a right good shake up next week! I'm not going to go through all the good stuff about measuring and adjusting for impact, and associated stats - that's not for this forum, I am going to take a philosophical direction tonight.

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Susan reports on day two of the Wind Energy and Wildlife Impacts conference in Norway.

The sessions today were: species-specific vulnerabilities and population effects, behavioural and spatial responses, collision risk modelling and Methods and statistics.

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This week Susan White is attending the Conference on Wind Energy and Wildlife Impacts in Trondheim, Norway. Day one covered EIAs and site selection, pre and post construction monitoring and fatality studies.

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A recent appeal decision has emphasized the need for reliable technical equipment during surveys.... more

There have been a number of significant updates to UK law recently which may, among other things, impact the ecological evidence required for planning applications. On Thursday 9th December, Baker Consultants is hosting a training seminar with environmental lawyer Penny Simpson of DLA Piper, specially designed for ecologists working in England. more

Kelly, Susan and Fred are this week at the amazing Field Studies council in Malham Tarn learning about Grasses, sedges and rushes more

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

Susan writes: The Matlock Moor wind farm site is interesting to us not only because the site is only a few miles from our office but also because renewable energy is a key business area for Baker Consultants. What the inspectors report reveals serves as a warning to developers who might not see the value of often time-consuming and detailed survey. more