BAT AND NESTING BIRD SURVEY FOR PROPOSED BARN CONVERSION AT GRANGE FARM, DEREHAM ROAD, PETTYWELL, NORFOLK, NR10 4RN Report produced by Client details James Hodson BSc MSc Alan Rawlings Architecture Eco-Check Consultancy Ltd, Stable Cottage Greystones, Bell Inn Yard Horning Road West, The Street Hoveton, Bawdeswell NR12 8QH NR20 4RR Tel/ 01603 784905 -07914 130493 Contact: Alan Rawlings
[email protected] [email protected] JULY 2016 1 Eco-Check Consultancy Ltd, Protected Species Survey at Grange Farm, Dereham Road, Pettywell, Norfolk, NR10 4RN CONTENTS: 1.0 INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………………. 3 2.0 AIM OF SURVEY.......................................................................................................... 3 3.0 LEGAL STATUS……….................................................................................................. 4 3.1 Barn Owls……………………………….………………………………………………….. 4 3.2 Bats…………………………………………..………………………………………………. 4 3.3 European Protected Species (EPS) Licensing……………………………………….. 5 4.0 SITE LOCATION……………………………………………………..................................... 5 5.0 SITE DESCRIPTION……………………………………………........................................... 6 5.3 Barn A Construction……………………………………………………………………….. 6 5.4 Barn B Construction……………………………………………………………………….. 8 6.0 DESK STUDY AND SITE ASSESSMENT…………………………........................................ 9 6.1 Statutory Sites…………………….……………………………………………………….. 9 6.2 Non-Statutory Sites……………………………………………………………………….. 9 6.3 Bat Records……………………………………………………………………………….. 10 7.0