CGO Ecology News...
- Ecological reports needed for all planning applications
- New DARN Facebook group and website
- Southwest England Regional ARG Conference 2010
- DEKAMER turtle project looking for donors
- Early success for Devon smooth snake reintroduction
- Devon reptiles on the move
- Another new employee at CGO Ecology
- New home for Elizabethan garden slow-worms
- "Silent Summer - the State of Wildlife in Britain and Ireland"
- New employee at CGO Ecology
- Current CGO Ecology projects
- Amphibian disease concerns continue
- Reptile refugia deployed on Spur Road
- Spring season begins for CGO Ecology
- Reptile exclusion fencing on the A338
- CGO Ecology winter programme
- A338 Spur Road works continue
- BHS & ARC Joint Scientific Meeting
- A338 mitigation under way
- September reptile training
- Herp charities merge
- Dorset herp group relaunched
- Bespoke training available
- Reptile survey training, 8th June
- Spur Road reptile survey
- CGO Ecology filling its 2009 calendar
- Survey volunteers needed!
News
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A338 mitigation under way |
Sunday, 30 August 2009 15:49 |
| Following an extensive reptile survey of the A338's roadside verges, CGO Ecology Ltd is working with Dorset County Council and Natural England on a plan to protect reptiles. The 10.5-km stretch of dual carriageway from Ashley Heath to Cooper Dean roundabout is due for major rebuilding works in 2010, and the roadside habitats support rare reptiles protected by law. DCC has commissioned CGO Ecology as its advisors on reptile conservation issues. The spring 2009 survey identified that reptiles are absent from Blackwater to Cooper Dean, but they are widespread along the verges from Ashley Heath to Blackwater. Sand lizards and smooth snakes were found along several stretches, and mitigation is required to rescue these and other reptiles before the works commence. The tree felling associated with the works will actually improve reptile populations eventually, but during the works themselves, the reptiles will have to be moved to nearby sites specially prepared for them. |
