Bat survey

[simonm]

How long does a bat survey take and what does in entail?

[biggarlogs]

One night if you do anot emergence survey,then you need to fell tree ASAP, ie within 48 hours,if given the all clear.just had one done cost 250 quid but was a condition imposed by council to allow felling to take place,if bats found then it gets complicated.

[Mark Bolam]

From a recent job Simon there are different types.

We had a dusk through till dawn survey initially (we weren't there).

2nd survey was me climbing with Batman's endoscope, took about 30 minutes (Thank you SRT!).

3rd survey was taking the tree down in sections. Rich Rule style.

 

 

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[simonm]

It would be nice to skip to the 3rd survey bit but an angry resident is using the "tree has bats in it" as a reason to put a stop on the job until the survey is completed!

[markieg31]

Bat surveys, doesn't just have to be bats present to delay felling. If there is habitat a bat could use, as they move about a bit, then you may have to create new habitat boxes etc

 

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