Course convenor(s):
Nick Downs (BSc, MSc, PhD, CEnv, MIEEM)
Paola Reason (BSc, MSc, CEnv, MIEEM) and
David Wells (BSc, CEnv, MIEEM)


Date: 07/05/2009

Course length: 1 day

Venue:
Cresswell Associates, The Mill, Brimscombe Port, Stroud,
GL5 2QG

Course fee: £125
5% or 10% discount available if 2+ / 4+ courses are booked respectively

Outline:
This course covers planning and carrying out bat activity surveys, and analysing broadband (time expansion and frequency division) bat detector survey results.

 

Further information:
Cresswell Associates
The Mill, Brimscombe Port
Stroud, GL5 2QG

T: +44 (0) 1453 731 231
F: +44 (0) 1453 888 797


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Target audience:
This course is aimed at those with an understanding of bat biology (particularly participants of the Cresswell Associates course Bats (I): An Introduction to Bat Biology and Survey Techniques) who wish to plan and undertake bat activity surveys (including surveys to investigate bat commuting routes and foraging areas), with particular reference to development projects.

Aims:

To provide:

• information on the foraging ecology of bats in relation to potential impacts from development projects
• advice on how to carry out effective bat activity surveys

To demonstrate:

• how to analyse bat echolocation calls

Objectives:

At the end of the course you should be able to:

• describe the species-specific requirements of UK bats in relation to commuting routes and foraging areas
• plan effective bat activity surveys
• use broadband bat detectors and echolocation call analysis software to identify bats

Course content:

Lectures

• Bat ecology in relation to commuting routes and foraging areas
• Planning bat activity surveys

Workshop

Interpretation of bat detector survey data

Additional information/requirements:

3 additional courses on bats are available:

• Bats (I): An Introduction to Bat Biology and Survey Techniques
• Bats (III): Investigating and Evaluating Bat Roost Sites
• Bats (IV): Impact Assessment and Mitigation

The courses Bats (I) and Bats (II) are stand alone, but run on consecutive days.
The courses Bats (II) and Bats (IV) are stand alone, but run on consecutive days.

A list of local accommodation is available on request.