Mitigation


We work with developers to ensure that appropriate measures to reduce or remove negative impacts on biodiversity are incorporated during the project planning and design, and then applied during the project construction and operation.

The WFE team has a range of experience with mitigation projects, including reptile displacement and translocation, great crested newt translocation, water vole displacement and earthworks mitigation for badger.

  
 

Mitigation Services

  • Reptile and amphibian translocation and exclusion fencing
  • Water vole mitigation
  • Habitat manipulation
  • Nest/roost boxes
  • Species monitoring
  • Ecological clerk of works
  • Watching brief services

Project Examples

  • Fencing and clearance of a development site in west Norfolk, using drift fencing and pitfall traps.
  • Removal of common lizards and natterjack toads from an area of sea wall in North Norfolk scheduled for engineering works. Over 200 lizards were removed, and WFE performed a watching brief during works, rescuing several more. A new reptile and amphibian hibernaculum was created.