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Badger Surveys

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Many UK species of badger are in decline or in low abundance and are therefore afforded protective status. Should any of these species be impacted, further badger surveys will be required to assess site dynamics before works can proceed. The species that we survey for on a regular basis are listed below.

There are key times of the year when certain badger surveys can be completed, for further information please refer to our calendar planner.

Similarly, it is only possible to implement mitigation at certain times of the year, please refer to out mitigation calendars within the below species pages to assist your scheduling.

BADGERS

The badger is the most highly protected UK mammal with its own legislation. 

Services

Our services offer a full package from initial site inspections through to licensing and mitigation, along with future monitoring, giving our clients a complete service for their project. For further details refer to our additional services.

Badger Surveys

Our badger surveys we provide include;

  • Badger Setts
  • Latrines
  • Paths
  • Footprints
  • Hairs (fences and sett entrances)
  • Feeding Signs
  • Bait Marking
  • Camera Trapping
  • Thermal Imagery
  • Mapping

Please note that there are seasonal influences on some of the badger surveys listed above, whereby survey results may be more evident at certain times of year, please refer to our calendar for further information.

What We Do

Our experienced team of ecological consultants guide you through the complete process required from initial assessment, completing any necessary pre-planning surveys, through construction, licensing and mitigation, along with post completion monitoring. We deliver a complete peace of mind package to our clients. We use our experience and initiative to design a suit of site specific surveys that ensure our clients progression.

Our common-sense approach to mitigation aims to avoid, cancel, reduce or offset any impacts from a proposed development, as well as to maintain the badger species in an efficient and cost-effective manner. We will support any license application required to the statutory body and provide further monitoring if you or any mitigation licence requires this for a site.

All our badger surveys are carried out by a fully insured, experienced, Natural England licensed surveyors and comply with the latest guidelines and legislation.

Licencing

Where possible, we look to assess, alter and mitigate to avoid impacts from any development and the subsequent need for a licence.

If badgers and/or badger setts are found to be present and it is not possible to avoid disturbance, then a licence will be required from Natural England with a mitigation strategy implemented. We can complete any licence and method statement application for you.

Additional Services
  • Mitigation of works
  • Method statements
  • Licences
  • Artificial sett creation
  • Badger sett exclusion
  • Ecological Clerk of Works
  • Habitat design and enhancement
  • Future site and receptor site monitoring
Case Studies

Just some examples of what HEA Ecology are regularly commissioned to undertake;

  • Badger Licensing
  • One-way Gates
  • Artificial Badger Setts
  • Survey for large and small sale development and road schemes
  • Bait Marking
Additional Services

Badgers are protected under their own piece of legislation, The Protection of Badgers Act 1992. Under which it is an offence to:

  • Wilfully, or attempt to, kill, injure, take, possess or cruelly treat a badger
  • Intentionally or recklessly destroy, damage or obstruct a badger sett (whether or not there is a badger in it at the time)
  • Disturb a badger whilst in occupation of a sett
  • Sell, keep, mark or ring a badger
  • Possess a dead badger or part of

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