Ecology Blog
In late 2023, the Bat Conservation Trust (BCT) released updated industry standard guidelines for bat surveys; the 4th edition of the ‘Bat Surveys for Professional Ecologists Good Practice Guidelines’. Among the updates was an overhaul of the methodology for identifying bat activity levels on sites.
You may have been asked by the local council, your architect or planner for a bat survey but what does this mean?
Hi, my name is Joseph and I’m a student studying MSc Species Identification and Survey Skills at the University of Reading. I’m currently on my placement at Ecology by Design and have decided to write a blog to document my progress.
At the beginning of August Senior ecologist Jo Greetham attended the CIEEM course “Surveying for Bats in Woodlands” by Jim Mulholland.
