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ECOLOGIST AND PROTECTED SPECIES CONSULTANT

I regularly undertake ecology survey work in connection with barn conversions, planning applications and other developments. I hold a Natural England licences and work in accordance with Natural England and the Bat Conservation Trust.

I undertake professional bat surveys in accordance with with Collins (2016) Bat Surveys for Professional Ecologists: Good Practice Guidelines, 3rd Edition, Bat Conservation Trust, which is the standard bat survey guidance that should be referenced by all professional ecologists, and is also often referenced by developers, planners and the policy-makers responsible for reviewing and assessing the implications of professional bat surveys.

I am a totally Independent Ecologist and Protected Species Consultant working in Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland, Leicestershire, Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire and Norfolk. For impartial advice on all aspects of ecology and for further details please use the contact me page, or Email andrew@forktail.co.uk or Mobile 07880700313.

For latest news and information see my (personal) blog or read my Linkedin Profile.

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APCbirdingAndrew Chick@APCbirding·
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Spot the snake! Dunston, Lincolnshire May 2021.

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16 May

Sunday morning BBS and hit the jackpot.... Grey Partridge, Yellow Wagtail and Turtle Dove all breeding in this corner of rural Lincolnshire.... @Lincsbirding

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14 May

Classic Savi’s Warbler habitat.... Heslington, York. Showing briefly at 12.45 with brief reel before disappearing back into the reeds @BirdGuides

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9 May

Two hours @RSPBFrampton produced 72 species including my first curlew sandpiper (x4) and common terns of the year. Also good to see whimbrel, greenshank and hear grasshopper warbler.... 👍@Lincsbirding

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9 May

BBS survey at Leadenhall Farm, Holbeach @DysonFarming this morning from first light produced 52 species including 13 wheatears, yellow wagtails, tree sparrows, hobby, marsh harrier and my first swifts of the year... [1 of 2]

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