habitat and protected species surveys and biodiversity offsetting for a proposed education development in buckinghamshire CASE STUDY Dunnock in hedgerow (Flickr)introduction We were commissioned to provide ecological surveys and impact assessment for a proposed education development on greenfield land. f ollowing an initial extended phase 1 h abitat survey we recommended that further protected species surveys were required for great crested newts and reptiles. approach t he phase 1 survey consisted of a desk study and a walkover of the site. t he desk study assessed records of protected species and designated sites within 2 km of the application site. t he walkover survey classified every parcel of land in accordance with the Jncc (2010) habitat types, and assessed the site’s p

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