Project Category

Below are the most frequent categories of ecological project.  Against each broad type of project is a list of the species and groups that should be considered.

Barn conversions
 
Protected species, particularly bats and badgers. Sometimes an extended phase one habitat survey is required.
 
Quarries
 
Sand and gravel sites
Botany (extended phase one) will always be needed.  Should high-quality habitat be found then more detailed NVC surveys may be required.  Normally a large suite of protected species including bats, badgers and great crested-newts are required and often these sites are adjacent to water courses and therefore otter, water vole and white-clawed crayfish are necessary.  Fish, terrestrial invertebrates, possibly aquatic invertebrates such as water beetles are also required depending upon site-specific features and geographical location.
Hard rock quarries
Same as sand and gravel extraction sites but possibly more emphasis on solitary bees and wasps and dingy skipper should be considered as additions to the list of likely BAP species to be found on such sites.
 
Urban development on redundant post-industrial land
 
Protected species, frequently great crested-newts.  Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) species such as dingy skipper (butterfly) and solitary bees and wasps.  In certain areas a black redstart survey will be required (in the English Midlands, Birmingham conurbation).