Badgers

Badgers (Meles meles), are members of the weasel family, but unlike other members of this group of animals they are remarkably social creatures living together in families or clans.

Badgers have, and continue to suffer from persecution by baiters who attack badger setts in order to 'bait' the badgers against their dogs. This cruel activity leads to the death of badgers and the dogs, and is illegal under United Kingdom legislation. The Protection of Badgers Act 1992 affords badgers and their setts full protection, whether deliberate or reckless.

Not everyone who can potentially fall foul of the law does so because they have an evil intent. Many developers find themselves committing a crime through lack of awareness of the legislation and of badger behaviour, something we can help with. We have many years of experience of working with badgers, undertaking surveys for a variety of types of project, from small housing developments to major road schemes. We can help you find solutions that allow badgers to thrive in our countryside.

How we can help:

Presence/Absence surveys
Development licence applications
Habitat management advice
Mitigation schemes
Monitoring and research projects
Training courses

We offer Badger surveys in the following areas:

Brecon Beacons, Powys, Cardiff, Monmouthshire, Swansea, Herefordshire, Merthyr Tydfil, Newport, Carmarthenshire, Bridgend, Neath Port Talbot, South Wales, Ceredigion, Bristol, Vale of Glamorgan, Somerset, Caerphilly, Torfaen, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Pembrokeshire, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Shropshire, Blaenau Gwent, Forest of Dean, Devon and Gower.

Badgers monitoring and research projects

Badgers development licence applications

Did you know?

Did you know that a single badger can consume more than 200 earthworms in one night?

We are an ecological consultancy based in South Wales, which provides a wide range of ecological surveys and services with respect to British mammals and other protected species. We regularly carry out bat surveys, preliminary ecological appraisals, reptile surveys and great crested newt surveys, so we do a lot more than just mammals! As mammal specialists, we also regularly carry out badger surveys, otter surveys and we also provide water vole surveys. Whether you need a white-clawed crayfish survey, ecological input into an Environmental Impact Assessment or any other type of ecological work, we are here to help.

As a small but well resourced and staffed company we can cover all of South Wales, mid- and West Wales and the South West of England. We carry out bat surveys in Cardiff, preliminary ecological appraisals in Newport, otter surveys in Brecon, great crested newt surveys in Herefordshire and many more. Our expertise stretches to everything involved in the planning process, whether it is a bat survey for a barn conversion or a phase 1 habitat survey/preliminary ecological appraisal for a new plot. We also provide ecological management plans, method statements and of course we do bat or any other protected species licence, should you require one as part of your project.