Bat surveys.

[Ledburyjosh]

Hi,

 

I'm considering adding Bat surveys to what I do.

 

Does anyone know how to start this process?

Is it a specific course/qualification to bats in trees or a generic bat survey thing?

 

The end goal is to charge to inspect trees for bats.

 

Ta

[JLA1990]

You will need a natural england class 2 license to undertake tree roost assessments. This will require you to undertake bat surveys which you will only be able to do working under someone who is a license holder. It’s not something you can just do a course on and normally takes at least a couple of years of fairly consistent survey work as you need people to provide references for your license applications. 

[GarethM]

Think one of the routes required 100 hours of supervision and training.

[Anno]

I do some freelance Ecology work and have been surveying bats for over 30 years doing strictly emergence and track back surveys.

You need to find somebody local to you and volunteer our services to learn the ropes its not as easy as pointing a detector at things as the usual software is poor at identifying.

Lots of work for subbying during the season normally.

The addition of decent climbing skills would be useful in some situations.

Lots of Info here - 

National Bat Monitoring Programme - Our Work - Bat Conservation Trust

WWW.BATS.ORG.UK

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Bat numbers in the UK have declined dramatically over the last century. You can help to monitor the UK's bats by taking part in our surveys and observin...

 

[JLA1990]

12 hours ago, JLA1990 said:

You will need a natural england class 2 license to undertake tree roost assessments. This will require you to undertake bat surveys which you will only be able to do working under someone who is a license holder. It’s not something you can just do a course on and normally takes at least a couple of years of fairly consistent survey work as you need people to provide references for your license applications. 

I should have added…. Feel free to message me and I can fully explain the path to take (well the one I took anyway, i have class 2 and undertake tree roost assessments). As Anno suggests there’s lots of work out there for field surveyors(volunteer or paid) who undertake dawn/dusk/activity surveys which will give you a good grounding. 

Edited December 22, 2023 by JLA1990

[Stere]

Seems the money  is not that bad

 

Googling some guy charging for.

 

1hr to half a day at £400?

 

 

 

 

Bat Surveys FAQ - Bat Surveyor

BAT-SURVEYOR.CO.UK

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Book your bat survey in minutes - same day reports as standard. £375 + Vat fixed price. Based in Belper, we cover...

 

Edited December 22, 2023 by Stere

[daltontrees]

You can do bat PRF scoping surveys following BS 5896 with only bat awareness training and endoscopy, but you'd need to be qualified and kitted out to climb too. And you have to back off if you cannot reasonably rule out roosting. It's good for when planners ask for bat survys on ridiculously small or yong stuff, and it can be done as a fairly inexpensive bolt-on to BS 5837 or risk surveys. I wouldn't seek out bat survey work on its own though. Probably should, as ecologists froth at the mouth at the very mention of bats and next thing the client's  out £1k for all sorts of fancy surveys that could have been ruled out with a torch and binoculars.

[manco]

youll also need a cape, a snazzy black car and a new gritty deep voice. probably a utility belt too.

[daltontrees]

1 hour ago, manco said:

youll also need a cape, a snazzy black car and a new gritty deep voice. probably a utility belt too.

Nah! Nah, nah, nah.

[manco]

7 hours ago, daltontrees said:

Nah! Nah, nah, nah.

oh hell, who are you Robin these replies off?