Baker Consultants

Species and Habitat Surveys

Protected species and habitat surveys

Whether you are are developing a site for leisure or housing, carrying out engineering works or diversifying a farm with renewable energy the same initial approach is required. What habitat and species are present, what neighbouring sites may affect your works, what protections or designations do you have to take into consideration?

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What's there and what's not

After establishing the overall interest on a site, more detailed species surveys may be needed. Generally, these are for those species protected by law such as bats, great crested newts, invertebrates, birds, badgers, and reptiles.

Many species surveys can only be carried out at certain times of year when that species is active or can be easily observed. Our consultants are experienced in gathering data on all key species and holds protected species licenses for great crested newts, bats, dormice, and barn owl. Specialist habitat surveys are carried out where a biodiversity net gain calculation is required or if a designated site will be affected, either directly or indirectly. Environmental law protects species and their habitats and an experienced team must be employed who’s judgement can be relied upon under scrutiny.

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Species and Habitat Surveys

Why Baker Consultants?

You will need a specialist surveyor for some species and certain habitats require years of experience to be properly assessed. Baker Consultants understands the implications of providing the right team for the project to generate robust data that can be scrutinised. We encourage our people to develop specialisms and share their knowledge as part of developing best-practice. If we’re not the experts we’ll find and recruit one.

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