It’s been a busy summer with many interesting projects on the go at once. To tackle the survey season head on, Babec brought two assistant ecologists on board, and I was lucky enough to be one of them. The [...]
After a decline in their population size throughout the 70’s and 80’s, the greater mouse-eared bat was declared extinct in the UK by the 90’s. However, in 2012, much to everyone’s surprise, a single greater mouse-eared bat was discovered hibernating [...]
Identifying bat roosts in trees presents several challenges for ecological consultants. The traditional survey process of undertaking ground level tree assessments followed by emergence and return to roost surveys of potential roosting features has several notable limitations. In this article, [...]
‘Removing obstacles and enabling developments to progress in a sustainable manner.’ That was the vision that Jon and I had when we established babec ecological consultants. However, I can't deny that spending more time out in the field again came as [...]
