Invertebrates

Only three percent of all animal species on this planet have a vertebral column. All other animals are so called invertebrates, such as insects, worms and even starfish. Spiders are among the less popular invertebrates, but all play an important part in a healthy ecosystem. Honeybees, earthworms and many more play an important role at different stages of the lifecycle of plants, which we depend on for nutrition.

Some invertebrates are indicators of habitat quality and have therefore had particular attention paid to them. The white-clawed crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes), for example, needs clean, mineral-rich water courses. Our only native crayfish is now given particular attention as an indicator species, as well as due to its decline in response to loss of good quality habitat and competition with a non-native species, the American signal crayfish. White-clawed crayfish are protected under the provisions of both the Habitat and Species Directive (as amended )and the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended).

Just Mammals Consultancy can provide invertebrate surveys, including dragonfly or butterfly surveys, as well as surveys for white-clawed crayfish. Whether you are looking to install a small-scale hydro turbine or need a butterfly survey for a large development site, we can provide the service you need.

How we can help:

Butterfly and moth surveys
Dragonfly surveys
General invertebrate surveys
Aquatic invertebrate surveys
White-clawed crayfish surveys

We offer Invertebrate 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.

Did you know?

Did you know that most butterfly species have a specific food plant for their larvae, and will only lay their eggs on these plants? For example, the rare marsh fritillary butterfly needs a plant called devil's bit scabious to complete its reproductive cycle.

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.