Why would I need a reptile survey? Reptile surveys can sometimes be recommended by Planning Authorities before planning permission is granted for a development. This is normally if land that is proposed for development contains suitable reptile habitat that may be affected. Some people are quite surprised to think that they may have reptiles on their land and may even be surprised to hear that we have reptiles in the UK at all! In fact, in the UK, we have six native reptile species. Three types of snake; adder, grass snake and smoo ..read more

Spring is here! Survey season is approaching! Spring is just around the corner, with the first signs already all around us. Some of the first species that we can start surveying for are reptiles and amphibians. April is when we see temperatures increase, our reptile and amphibian species have been tucked away, hibernating for the last few months but around this time of year they start to become more active. Amphibian Surveys   Great crested newts are our most protected amphibian. Surveys for this species are constrained between th ..read more