Course convenor(s):
Warren Cresswell(BSc, PhD, CEnv, MIEEM, MIoD)
Philip Davidson (BSc, MIEEM)

Date: 19/05/2009

Course length: 1 day

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

Course fee: £150
5% or 10% discount available if 2+ / 4+ courses are booked respectively

Outline:

This course provides information on advanced survey techniques (photo-identification, and population estimates) for common British reptiles (slow-worms, common lizards, grass snakes and adders), and on the types of impacts developments can have on to reptile populations, and how these impacts can be avoided, reduced or off-set.  A field trip will demonstrate advanced survey techniques and examples of reptile mitigation.

 

 

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 a background knowledge of common reptile ecology and survey techniques (particularly participants of the Cresswell Associates course Reptiles (I): Background Biology, Survey Techniques and Legislation for Common Reptiles), who wish to learn more about advanced survey techniques, and who wish to receive guidance on impact assessment and development of mitigation strategies for reptiles.

Aims:

This courses aims to:

• show how to plan and carry out advanced survey techniques including population and size class estimates, and surveys of potential receptor sites
• assess impacts of development projects on reptiles, including: loss of habitat; fragmentation of habitat/populations; incidental mortality; habitat degradation; beneficial impacts
• demonstrate good practice in mitigating development impacts that affect reptiles and their habitats, including: seasonal programming to avoid disturbance, killing and injury; fencing; translocation; capture techniques; habitat manipulation; habitat creation and enhancement; monitoring

Objectives:

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

• plan and carry out advanced survey techniques (population size classes, population estimates, receptor site suitability)

• carry out appropriate impact assessments for development projects on reptile habitat and populations
• design appropriate measures to avoid, reduce or off-set the impacts of development projects on reptile habitat and populations

Course content:

Lectures

• Advanced reptile survey techniques
• Assessing the impacts of development projects on reptiles
• Mitigating impacts of development projects on reptiles

Fieldwork

Visit to a nearby site to demonstrate examples of reptile mitigation in practice

Additional information/requirements:

2 additional courses on reptiles are also available:

• Reptiles (I): Background Biology, Survey Techniques and Legislation for Common Reptiles
• Reptiles (III): European Protected Species in the UK. Ecology, Identification, Survey Techniques and Licensing Issues