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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Reptile refugia deployed on Spur Road |
Thursday, 18 March 2010 16:26 |
| Now that spring is finally upon us (more or less), reptile capture work on the A338 can resume. CGO Ecology Ltd has spent this week preparing and laying 11,000 roofing felt refugia for reptiles on the Spur Road verges. Accompanied by a Dorset Works Organisation traffic management team, the felts were laid over the last two nights with a temporary lane closure. After being left in place for at least a week, the capture will commence in late March as soon as the weather is favourable (typically on sunny days reaching at least 10-12 degrees centigrade). The entire 17km of A338 verge have to be cleared of reptiles which will be moved to adjacent land and to several other reptile-free receptor sites. This requires the whole verge to be visited 30 times. Capture began last autumn on some stretches (seven out of 30 visits completed), but many areas will still need 30 visits over the next three months. No lane closures or other traffic disruption are expected during this work. |
