Course convenor(s):
Mike Dean (BSc, MSc, CEnv, MIEEM)
Date: 29+30/07/2009
Course length: 2days
Venue:
Cresswell Associates, The Mill, Brimscombe Port, Stroud,
GL5 2QG
Course fee: £250
5% or 10% discount available if 2+ / 4+ courses are booked respectively
Outline:
This course covers, in the context of development projects, the techniques for trapping, handling, marking and soft-release of water voles, and the necessary legislation and licensing requirements for these processes. A field trip will demonstrate these techniques in practice.
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 water vole ecology, survey and mitigation techniques (particularly participants of the Cresswell Associates course Water Voles (I): Ecology, Habitat Assessment and Survey Techniques and Water Voles (II): Legislation, Impact Assessment and Mitigation) but who wish to learn more about water vole trapping and relocation.
Aims:
To provide:
- training on how to trap water voles
- training on relocation techniques
- information on licensing requirements
To demonstrate:
- methods of trapping water voles
- water vole relocation techniques
Objectives:
At the end of the course you should be able to:
- design appropriate mitigation measures that require water vole capture and translocation
- apply for a license to trap water voles
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Course content:
Lectures
- Legislation and licensing relating to water vole capture and translocation
- Trapping techniques
- Handling water voles
- Soft-release techniques
- Marking water voles
Fieldwork
- Demonstration and practising of the techniques involved in trapping and handling water voles
Additional information/requirements:
2 additional courses on water voles are available:
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