Bat Survey

Have you been asked for a Bat survey? Bats are protected under UK and EU legislation, and harming a bat or damaging, destroying or obstructing a bat roost can result in prosecution and fines of up to £5,000 per bat or six months in jail.

You can quickly find out whether your site has a significant risk of supporting a bat roost with a survey and detailed report from Adonis Ecology. This would include advice to enable your proposed development or other activity to proceed in compliance with legislation and wildlife planning policy. The importance of getting a good quality survey and report is shown by the following case of a client of Adonis Ecology:

“I would like to thank you for the way you have helped with the planning condition regarding bats and other wildlife species on our development site for 97 apartments. You responded quickly to our request to carry out a survey, after the first survey we had by another surveyor was rejected by the council. Your survey report was detailed and done on a completely professional layout, and it fully satisfied the council office’s planning condition. We now look forward to starting work on site. Many thanks.” Sebastian Perez, S G Perez Ltd., Derbyshire.

Bat emergence and activity surveys can only be carried out in a narrow seasonal window each year, so contact us today to discuss your site and requirements in more detail.