RSK Habitat Management

When developing land, it's crucial to consider the impact on local wildlife, particularly protected species such as the badger. The Protection of Badgers Act 1992 safeguards badgers and their setts, making it an offence to damage, destroy, or obstruct access to a badger sett. Including activities that would disturb a badger occupying a sett. This can include using heavy machinery anywhere near the sett as some of the tunnels can extend 20m+ from the entrance. RSK Habitat Management has extensive experience in managing badger populations and mitigating their impacts, while ensuring their welfare. Our experience ranges from vaccinations and fencing to creating new setts and closing existing ones. Our team has been at the forefront of this work for many years. If your land surveys indicate the presence of badger setts, development can still proceed with professional support. RSK Habitat Management, along with their RSK ADAS LIMITED and RSK Biocensus colleagues, can assist you in navigating the necessary steps, including obtaining plans, licenses, and conducting mitigation work on-site. Our key points to consider are: ·       Licenses: You may need a license from Natural England for any proposed sett or hole closures. ·       Artificial Setts: If a main breeding sett is identified, an artificial sett may be required. This needs to be built well in advance to allow badgers time to relocate. ·       Disturbance Period: The period for licensed disturbance of existing setts is from July to the end of November. For assistance with licenses or on-site support, contact RSK Habitat Management to ensure compliance and reduce delays to your project program.

When developing land, it's crucial to consider the impact on local wildlife, particularly protected species such as the badger. The Protection of Badgers Act 1992 safeguards badgers and their setts, making it an offence to damage, destroy, or obstruct access to a badger sett. Including activities that would disturb a badger occupying a sett. This can include using heavy machinery anywhere near the sett as some of the tunnels can extend 20m+ from the entrance. RSK Habitat Management has extensive experience in managing badger populations and mitigating their impacts, while ensuring their welfare. Our experience ranges from vaccinations and fencing to creating new setts and closing existing ones. Our team has been at the forefront of this work for many years. If your land surveys indicate the presence of badger setts, development can still proceed with professional support. RSK Habitat Management, along with their RSK ADAS LIMITED and RSK Biocensus colleagues, can assist you in navigating the necessary steps, including obtaining plans, licenses, and conducting mitigation work on-site. Our key points to consider are: ·       Licenses: You may need a license from Natural England for any proposed sett or hole closures. ·       Artificial Setts: If a main breeding sett is identified, an artificial sett may be required. This needs to be built well in advance to allow badgers time to relocate. ·       Disturbance Period: The period for licensed disturbance of existing setts is from July to the end of November. For assistance with licenses or on-site support, contact RSK Habitat Management to ensure compliance and reduce delays to your project program.

Dodging the rain, planning the next phase of peatland restoration works for RSK Habitat Management in Dorset. Fantastic to catch a glimpse of a nightjar, and always nice to see an abundance of bog asphodel peaking through. Plenty of sphagnum and round leaved sundew already here too. Bring on the autumn! #wetlandwednesday #peatland #restoration #carboncapture

🌿 Exciting News! 🌿 We are thrilled to announce that RSK Habitat Management, in collaboration with the RSPB, has been nominated for the CIEEM 'Best Practice - Small Scale Conservation' award! This recognition highlights our joint efforts on the Titchwell Marsh ‘Life on the Edge’ project. The project has enhanced biodiversity and strengthened the resilience of this vital habitat against climate change 🦋 • Restoration of 29 hectares of freshwater marsh and reedbed. • Creation of 13 new islands for breeding and wintering birds, including the UK’s first islands designed for spoonbills. • Significant improvements in water management and habitat quality, leading to record breeding seasons for avocets, bitterns, and bearded tits. A huge thank you to everyone involved, especially our partners at the Titchwell Marsh RSPB Reserve, your hard work and passion make achievements like this possible 💚 #Conservation #Biodiversity #CIEEMAwards #RSKHabitatManagement #RSPB #TitchwellMarsh #Ecology #ClimateChange

What a great start to the week to celebrate our sister company TerrAffix Soil Solutions Ltd winning awards for their work with BioChar to filter micro plastics from road run off. Developing this pioneering approach could be a real game changer for water quality. RSK Habitat Management work closely with Mark Smith and the team to deliver a range of practical solutions delivering end to end service for clients across the sectors. Congratulations to Mark, Sion Brackenbury and all the team. #2024CIHTAwards #Environment #Water

Day 2 at #FloodandCoast24. Free trees!🌳 Oaks for #biodiversity and dogwood for damp places and autumn colour. Thanks to RSK Habitat Management and Crowders Nurseries . 🌳 Pop over to get one at RSK Habitat Management and #adasnaturalsolutions stand A8.🌳 RSK Group, ADAS, #FC2024

🌍 Reflecting on World Peatlands Day 🌍 Yesterday was World Peatlands Day; a moment to recognise the often overlooked value of these incredibly important wetland environments and the negative impact human activity has had on them. In the UK, over 80% of our peatlands have been lost completely, heavily modified, or are actively being drained and degraded. Our remaining peatlands are vulnerable to climate change and the survival of many species that depend on these habitats is threatened as a result. It also reduces their ability to act as 'carbon sinks'. By restoring wetland environments such as peatland we can increase our resiliance to extreme rainfall events, help rare and protected species thrive, and enable them to sequester carbon from the atmosphere once again. It's time to change the way we view our wetlands and make Nature Based Solutions the default 💚 💦 🌿 🕷 RSK Habitat Management #WorldPeatlandsDay #PeatlandRestoration #ClimateAction #Biodiversity #Sustainability #Wetlands