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We offer a full range of badger-related services

Solway Ecology offers a full range of badger-related services including habitat surveys, mitigation and habitat advice, artificial sett design and creation and mitigation licence applications.

Development sites can often be used by badgers, whether they are foraging for food or establishing new setts. This means that, depending on the site, you may require a badger survey by law if there is a chance your development will disturb them.

An initial survey will search for evidence of badgers and, whilst surveys can be undertaken at any time of year, optimum months are between February and April, coinciding with a peak in territorial activity when vegetation cover is at a minimum. As part of an initial survey, Solway Ecology carries out a search of all records of badger and designated sites within 2km of the site.

As part of our survey, we would recommend basic mitigation to avoid harm to badgers in the area which can involve re-routing of access routes. Where there may be more direct impacts on badger setts, we also carry out badger monitoring surveys to determine whether a potential sett entrance is in use or not and large-scale bait marking studies to determine the use and status of particular setts or landscapes. 

Call 013873 80950 today for more information and to discuss how we can help you.