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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Spur Road reptile survey |
Thursday, 23 April 2009 08:05 |
| CGO Ecology has been commissioned by Dorset County Council to carry out a reptile survey of the A338 Spur Road north of Bournemouth, Dorset. The 8.5 km road will be subject to a £27-million 'rebuild' over the next two years, with barrier upgrades and verge drainage renewal. The spring 2009 reptile survey is needed to assess the impact of the planned works on protected reptiles. Rare and highly-protected sand lizards and smooth snakes are present in heathlands adjacent to the road, and are likely to occupy road verges too. Other protected reptiles such as the slow-worm are anticipated along virtually all of the 17 km survey route. The results will inform a mitigation strategy advising the client on the best way to minimise impacts on reptiles, for example by habitat creation nearby, and moving reptiles if necessary. |
