Bats

Bats are the only true flying mammals, and in Britain there are at least seventeen species, all of which are fully protected. Insects are detected using sophisticated 'echo-location' abilities, rather like radar on a fighter plane. Whilst they also have good eyesight, the echo-location enables them to "see" in total darkness.

Over the past hundred years bats have suffered devastating declines in their numbers and today several species are on the brink of extinction. Since 1981 all British bats and their places of rest (roosts) have been protected under the provisions of the Wildlife and Countryside Act (as amended). This legal protection has been added to under the provisions of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 and the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.

For nearly thirty years we have been working with bats and we have unrivalled experience in their conservation. Our ecologists are fully licenced to work with all species of bat in the United Kingdom and have confined spaces training for medium as well as high risk sites where clients require this.

How we can help:

Surveys of any type of structure, including, buildings, trees, underground sites, medium and high risk confined spaces, highways, roads, culverts and bridges
European protected species licence applications
Mitigation schemes
Expert witness services
Research projects including radio tracking, mist netting and ringing species
Desktop studies
Bat box projects and schemes
Monitoring
Training courses

We offer Bat surveys in the following areas:

Brecon Beacons, Powys, Cardiff, Monmouthshire, Swansea, Herefordshire, Merthyr Tydfil, Newport, Carmarthenshire, Bridgend, Neath Port Talbot, South Wales, Ceredigion, Bristol, Vale of Glamorgan, Somerset, Caerphilly, Torfaen, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Pembrokeshire, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Shropshire, Blaenau Gwent, Forest of Dean, Devon and Gower.

Bat Research projects including radio tracking mist netting and ringing species

Did you know?

Did you know that all British bats eat only insects and that a small pipistrelle bat can consume up to 3,500 small insects in a single night?

We are an ecological consultancy based in South Wales, which provides a wide range of ecological surveys and services with respect to British mammals and other protected species. We regularly carry out bat surveys, preliminary ecological appraisals, reptile surveys and great crested newt surveys, so we do a lot more than just mammals! As mammal specialists, we also regularly carry out badger surveys, otter surveys and we also provide water vole surveys. Whether you need a white-clawed crayfish survey, ecological input into an Environmental Impact Assessment or any other type of ecological work, we are here to help.

As a small but well resourced and staffed company we can cover all of South Wales, mid- and West Wales and the South West of England. We carry out bat surveys in Cardiff, preliminary ecological appraisals in Newport, otter surveys in Brecon, great crested newt surveys in Herefordshire and many more. Our expertise stretches to everything involved in the planning process, whether it is a bat survey for a barn conversion or a phase 1 habitat survey/preliminary ecological appraisal for a new plot. We also provide ecological management plans, method statements and of course we do bat or any other protected species licence, should you require one as part of your project.