Potential Bat Roost?

[Ian C]

Personally I would pass this on to an ecologist and the cost to the customer simple as that, no way I would put myself in the firing line.

[benedmonds]

24 minutes ago, Ian C said:

Personally I would pass this on to an ecologist and the cost to the customer simple as that, no way I would put myself in the firing line.

I was an ecologist before I became a Arborist and it is always something I have wanted to get back involved with.. Always been too busy running the business but we now have employed an arb manager which theoretically will give me more time to upskill. 

 

[daltontrees]

3 hours ago, Ian C said:

Personally I would pass this on to an ecologist and the cost to the customer simple as that, no way I would put myself in the firing line.

Yeah but there's no problem with being in the firing line if they're only throwing water balloons at you from 100 yards away. Perspective and proportion is all.

[daltontrees]

4 hours ago, benedmonds said:

When doing the bats in Arb awareness course back in 2006 I remember coming away thinking, "that was pointless, anything can be a roost."  

 

BSI pricing makes purchasing the BS8596 rather unaffordable..

The Micro guide can be downloaded:

https://cdn.bats.org.uk/uploads/pdf/BSI-Bat-Microguide-UK-EN.pdf?v=1549304693

I wouln't bother with the Standard, not at full price anyway. There's only  a couple of pages that are actually of practical use to arbs and these are pretty much covered by the micro guide and an article that Jim Mulholland of the AA did about soft felling a couple of years ago.

[Khriss]

On 06/01/2022 at 13:11, benedmonds said:

Scoping surveys for Arborists - online - Events - Bat Conservation Trust

WWW.BATS.ORG.UK

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The Bat Conservation Trust was formed in 1990 as an umbrella organisation for the rapidly growing network of bat...

 Anyone done this training?

 

 

Yup. And that polished cavity does look more like a feathered beastie home than a Creature of the Night hostel. Scoping could prove which OR not.. Is there a local Bat group with any info? Worth asking. K

[Mark J]

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[monkeybusiness]

7 hours ago, benedmonds said:

I was an ecologist before I became a Arborist and it is always something I have wanted to get back involved with.. Always been too busy running the business but we now have employed an arb manager which theoretically will give me more time to upskill. 

 

And charge customers like a wounded rhino for your time/knowledge/expertise in situations like this!
It’s a no-brainer, get refreshed and upskilled ASAP, it’s a great bolt-on to your existing business.

[Mark Bolam]

I’ve always fancied the bat gig at some point in the future, as MB says it would be another string to my increasingly achy bow.

[benedmonds]

https://www.batlicence.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CIEEM_IP89_Sept15_Mulholland.pdf

[Mark Bolam]

Good link Ben, cheers.

 

Re your beech, could you just get a bat guy to climb and scope it and if no evidence is present then you’re good to go?