BS8596 ‘surveying for bats in trees and woodland’. DPC now live

[Andrew Gale]

Read through the draft and it does have issues. Subsequently went on line to the BS consultation/draft portal area and read through the comments already made, and to be honest not much more I can add. I think the comments are fair and when finalised should make for an interesting read.

 

I wonder if a more condensed version will be made available similar to what Tree Life did with BS3998:2010; that would be very useful.

[daltontrees]

Read through the draft and it does have issues. Subsequently went on line to the BS consultation/draft portal area and read through the comments already made, and to be honest not much more I can add. I think the comments are fair and when finalised should make for an interesting read.

 

I wonder if a more condensed version will be made available similar to what Tree Life did with BS3998:2010; that would be very useful.

 

I made about 30 comments, glad to hear that nothing jumped out as outrageous in anyones' comments. Mine would the be the exasparated ones starting with a poorly veiled derisive "sorry but this needs re-written in english...".

 

There is a micro-guide or something like that proposed. The usual issue prevails, BSs cost so much that it really stifles or kills off uptake. A cheap opr free 'micro-guide' would be almost essential for anyone outside bat-fondling to bother with this BS. I haven't seen a BS recently with so much information in the body of the text that could be consigned to appendices. If a lot of the repetition were removed by cross referencing, you could probably get the essential guidance and recommendations down to about 10 pages.