During the summer of 2023, Alar Ecology will be conducting a research project looking at the thermal properties of barn owl nest boxes. The main objective of this project will be to gather data that will inform nest box deployment in exposed positions subject to potential overheating.
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Barn Owl, Birds, Conservation, Protected Species, Research
Date posted: 23 November 2022
Alar Ecology goes thermal!
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Bats, Birds, Company News, Protected Species, Research, Survey Methods, Thermal Imaging
Date posted: 26 April 2021
Alar Ecology has invested in a state-of-the-art thermal imaging camera, the FLIR Scion OTM266. This will be used primarily for bat surveys but will have other uses too.
European protected species | Business as usual?
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Protected Species
Date posted: 2 January 2020
During the Brexit transition period The Habitats Regulations 2017, affording protection to European Protected Species, will remain in force.
Case Study | Bat Mitigation
Posted in:
Bats, Biodiversity, Protected Species
Date posted: 1 December 2019
This project demonstrates that bats can usually be accommodated in development projects relatively easily and at low cost. Bats and humans can co-exist!
Barn Owls and licensing
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Barn Owl, Birds, Protected Species
Date posted: 1 March 2017
Barn Owls benefit from the basic legal protection afforded to most wild birds by the Wildlife & Countryside Act (1981 as amended) in England, Scotland and Wales. However, they are also subject to addition legal protection from disturbance when they are breeding. For this reason, it is important for surveyors to know how they can proceed without breaking the law and which of the available licensing options is most appropriate.
Wintering Bird Surveys
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Birds, Protected Species, Surveys and Assessment, Wintering Birds
Date posted: 15 November 2016
Increasingly, compliance with the Habitats Regulations requires wintering bird survey data to be compiled and submitted in support of projects or activities that would remove or substantially affect habitats supporting migratory and/or wintering bird populations.