Grace Dooley

Grace is a Senior Ecologist with Just Mammals Limited and has worked in the ecology sector since 2013. She has experience in surveying for habitats including Phase 1 and NVC, bats, great crested newts, reptiles, birds, dormice, otter and badger, and has managed projects of a variety of scales, from small householder construction projects up to Developments of National Significance. She is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (ACIEEM).

Grace holds survey licences for great crested newt in Wales and England, and a survey licence for bats in Wales including handling and the use of a hand net. She has previously held EPS development licences for a variety of construction projects where bats were found to be present, facilitating the development’s progression while maintaining the bats’ use of the site post-development.

When not working, Grace enjoys ringing church bells, birdwatching and developing her wildlife garden.

Interesting Fact

Grace once found a signal crayfish in a bottle trap whilst conducting a survey for great crested newt! She does not know how it got in.

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.