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Newt Surveying

May 27, 2020May 27, 2020achick

A good count of 13 Great Crested Newts and 27 Smooth Newts in today’s bottle traps….

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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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Surveying at Nocton Heath @DysonFarming at 1st light felt cold with 62 Fieldfare giving a wintery feel, but the sun came out with a stunning male wheatear & yellow wagtails a reminder that summer is on the way 🤞. Also singing corn bunting, 2 tree sparrows, bullfinch plus others

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Surveying birds at Nocton Fen @DysonFarming today with 32 species including 3 pairs of Grey Partridge, 2 female Marsh Harriers, 2 Great White Egrets, 46 mute swan(!), a single whooper swan, 2 common snipe, yellow wagtails, little owl and constant skylark song 🎼

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Clear evidence that Mr Water Vole getting busy on this Lincolnshire river bank! #green #ticktacks

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Nice to see cowslips left to flower and seed on unimproved road verge with interesting sward managed by @DysonFarming near Nocton, Lincolnshire.

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19 Apr

Singing Woodlark today (19.04.2021) at confidential site.

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