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Driven Transect Survey
11.2.25 Driven transect surveys were undertaken following the walked transect or vantage points
surveys between May and October, to gain an overview of bats using the site and wider
area.
11.2.26 The transect routes (Figure 11.6) were driven with a maximum speed of not more than
15 mph, while an experienced bat surveyor held a Duet bat detector out of the open window
to record any bat passes and species.
Automated Anabat Passive Detector Surveys
11.2.27 Two remote recording bat detectors (Anabats) were positioned at two different locations on
site during both the maternity and mating/dispersal periods to monitor bat activity (Table
11.2). Chosen locations reflected the habitat configuration within the survey area. A third
Anabat was positioned at height (approximately at 65m) on the temporary met mast on site
as Nathusius pipistrelle had been recorded in the area. Anabat detectors were programmed
to record all bat activity starting at least one hour before sunset until at least one hour after
sunrise. The location of the Anabat recording devices are shown in Figure 1 in Appendix
11.3.
Table 11.2 Location and Recording of Deployed Anabats
Anabat
Grid
reference
Description Dates deployed Number of
days
1 306277
659516
Open habitat, part clear-fell, part
coniferous replant
25/05-12/06 2012 18
10/07-20/07/2012 10
13/08-03/09/2012 21
2 304851
658378
In forest plantation edge, near
network of rides and open areas of
coniferous replant
26/09-10/10/2012 14
25/05-12/06 2012 18
10/07-20/07/2012 10
13/08-03/09/2012 21
26/09-10/10/2012 14
Metmast
304900
659400
Installed at 65 m height on met
mast
May to October 2012 85
Great Crested Newt (Triturus cristatus)
11.2.28 The great crested newt Habitat Suitability Assessment (HSA) was undertaken by two RPS
ecologists with experience of great crested newt ecology and HSAs on 28 September 2011.
The assessment focussed on all ponds within 250 m of the Camilty site boundary.
11.2.29 Ponds were identified prior to going to site using aerial plans (e.g. the Google Maps 1 and
Bing Maps 2 websites) and OS maps. The HSA was carried out using the Habitat Suitability
1
Google Maps (http://maps.google.co.uk).
March 2013 11-8 ES Chapter 11
Terrestrial Ecology
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