Archive for the ‘Badgers’ Category

Badger Ecology & Management – Last chance to book for 2012

Friday, April 13th, 2012

On April 23rd, Biocensus Training will be running the highly successful Introduction to Badger Ecology and Management course. We still have some places available and it may be the last chance to participate in this course for 2012. To avoid missing out we recommend booking your place now! Officially endorsed by The Badger Trust, our course is [...]

Tim’s blog – September 2011

Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

September!? How did that happen? In my mind summer never really got going and then seemed to fizzle out, or should that be drizzled out. Despite the weather, we’ve just had our best ever summer for business with loads of work across the country from Scotland to Cornwall. What else have we been up to? All Party [...]

Introduction to Badger Ecology and Management with Biocensus

Thursday, August 18th, 2011

On September 12th Biocensus will run our Introduction to Badger Ecology and Management course. This one day course is designed for existing and aspiring professional ecologists and is officially endorsed by the Badger Trust. As with all of our courses, the Badger Ecology and Management course is led by experts in the field with over ten [...]

Badger Ecology and Management Courses offered at Biocensus

Thursday, January 27th, 2011

Biocensus is pleased to announce the details of our forthcoming course ‘An Introduction to Badger Ecology and Management’ on March 14th 2011. This one day course is designed for existing and aspiring professional ecologists and is officially endorsed by the Badger Trust. No previous knowledge is required, but the comprehensive approach ensures that it is also of value to those [...]

Badgers and development: sometimes going back to the drawing board is the best option

Tuesday, December 14th, 2010

When badger setts impede development, a common default approach offered by some consultants is to recommend closure of the sett under licence and the construction of an artificial sett.  This involves a substantial amount of work for the consultant, and can cause delay and expense for the developer.  However, sett closure should always be the [...]

Badger cull – Rolling back the years…

Friday, September 17th, 2010

UK government announces new badger control policy: Is this the perfect recipe for making things worse or a regressive policy designed to placate farmers, cost nothing and achieve nothing?