Do you need an ecology survey to help inform and plan your development or satisfy local planning authority?
At ATW Ecology we offer a comprehensive range of services with ‘off the peg’ and custom designed solutions to help you achieve planning consent, discharge planning conditions, and achieve your obligations to biodiversity.
Our team of experienced ecologists and specialist associates have experience in conducting a wide range of ecological and environmental surveys helping hundreds of happy clients achieve planning permission.
Ecological habitats surveys
- Preliminary ecological appraisal (PEA)
- Phase 1 habitat survey
- Extended phase 1 habitat survey
- UK Habitat classification (UK Hab)
- Hedgerow survey
- Pond surveys
- National vegetation classification (NVC)
- Desktop study & local biological records centre data searches
Ecological species surveys
- Badger scoping survey
- Badger bait marking survey
- Badger activity camera trapping surveys
- Preliminary bat roost appraisal (PRA) / Daytime bat assessment (DBA)
- Bat activity / dusk emergence / dawn re-entry surveys
- Infra-red bat activity surveys
- Bat transect surveys
- Passive / static bat surveys
- Bat roost characterisation surveys
- Habitat suitability Index (HSI) for great crested newt scoping survey
- Great crested newt presence / absence surveys
- Great crested newt eDNA surveys
- Great crested newt population assessment
- Otter survey
- Protected species survey
- Hazel dormouse survey
- Water vole surveys
- White-clawed crayfish surveys
- Reptile presence / absence survey
- Reptile population assessments
- Terrestrial invertebrate survey
- Aquatic invertebrate surveys
- Riparian mammal surveys
- Environmental DNA
- Harvest mouse survey
- Small mammal trapping survey
- Barn owl survey
- Breeding bird surveys
- Wintering bird surveys
- Nesting bird checks
- Pre-clearance searches
