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Entec UK
Ltd
A close associate
of Entec having worked on a significant
number of projects from wind farms to
the nuclear industry. I’ve undertaken
vantage point watches, MBS, CBC, BBS,
point count and intertidal surveys as
well as more species specific work on
nightjar, short-eared owl, red kite and
goshawk including nest searches and call
broadcasting under license. Also
undertaken power line surveys for
nesting raptors.
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ERM Ltd
Contracted as a seabird surveyor to work
on ship-based surveys for offshore wind
farms off the North Wales coast on sites
such as Gwynt y Mor, Rhyl Flats and
post-construction surveys on North Hoyle
using the ESAS/COWRIE strip transect
methods.
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ESS Ltd
Part-time staff member of ESS Ecology.
Primarily working on onshore bird/mammal
surveys for a number of potential wind
farm sites across the UK. Using standard
ornithological methodology to assess
impact. Also undertaken otter, badger
and water vole surveys as well as brown
hairstreak surveys and white-faced
darter work in the Midlands. Also
continued offshore seabird surveys on
the trio of North Wales wind farm sites.
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West Coast Energy Ltd
Great-crested newt surveys were carried
out for WCE Nr
Carsington Water in Derbyshire. A number
of ponds were surveyed and were found to
have small populations of gcn. Habitat
Suitability Indexes (HSI) were also
carried out.
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Ecotech
Assisting with some great-crested newt
surveys nr Welshpool, Mid-Wales.
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Network Rail
Work carried out on small sites using
phase one (NCC 1990) methods. This is
done to assess impact of works such as
track replacement and station
refurbishment etc. Also undertaken
protected species work and ensure all
legal obligations are fully met and
understood.
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First Engineering
Ltd
Work carried out
including phase one habitat surveys,
protected species surveys and bird
surveys.
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Travis Baker Associates
Commissioned to carry out a great
crested newt survey for a pipeline
development in Stoke on Trent. It was
assessed that no formal survey was
needed and also no license due to
distance from a pool complex and a known
great crested newt population. This was
agreed with the County Ecologist. The
work proceeded with no impact on the
population of newts.
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Michael Gavaghan Wildlife
Consultancy
Having
started to work for Mike in 2006 on a
rail site on the Wirral I’ve undertaken
many phase one and protected species
surveys for small developments from Marazion in Cornwall to Dundee in
Scotland. I also write the reports and
Ecological Impact Assessments.
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JNCC
I sit on
the panel of aerial surveyors under a
framework agreement and also as a
seabird surveyor.
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Baker, Shepherd & Gillespie
Sub-contracted as an ornithologist to
work on some small potential terrestrial
wind farm sites across the midlands
using vantage point and CBC methodology.
Also undertaken bat detector and driven
bat transects on some sites as well as
great crested newt surveys over the last
two years.
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ECON
Having
met Dr Martin Perrow on a bird watching
trip to Morocco in 2008, I began working
as a sub-contractor with ECON on a
number of their offshore sites as a
seabird surveyor and continue to assist
on surveys over 2010
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Cork Ecology/BERR
I spent a two week survey on the Dogger
Bank in September 2008 undertaking
seabird and sea mammal surveys for Colin
Barton of Cork Ecology. Again we worked
to the ESAS/COWRIE strip transect
method.
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PMSS/Marine Current Turbines
Sub-contracted to undertake seabird and
sea mammal surveys from land overlooking
two potential tidal array schemes off
the North Wales coast to assess impact
on foraging birds from nearby breeding
colonies. I designed and implemented the
methodologies through the summer and now
through the winter period.
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RPS
Undertook
wintering seabird and sea mammal surveys
for a potential tidal scheme off the
West Wales coast through the winter of
2009/10.
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Institute of Estuarine and Coastal Studies, University of Hull
I have worked closely with IECS on a number of offshore wind sites as
seabird and sea mammal surveyor. Currently assisting them on with some
of their Scottish Territorial wind sites of the West and Northeast
coasts. Also I’m carrying out post-construction surveys with them on
the Rhyl Flats Round 2 site.
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EMU
Currently sub-contracting as a seabird
and marine mammal surveyor for a large Round Three site.
