Habitat & Protected S Pecie S Survey S for a Pro Po Sed ground-mounted Solar a rray in Sout H o xford SHire CASE STUDYbrief in early 2014 we were instructed to undertake an extended Phase 1 Habitat Survey for a c.50ha greenfield site proposed for a ground-mounted solar array with generating capacity of up to 25mW. land within the site boundaries was predominantly under arable cultivation, but also included areas of rough grassland and a network of ditches, hedgerows and linear woodlands. f ive ponds were present within 500m of the proposal site, including one pond within 20m, and we recommended that surveys should be carried out to establish whether the ponds were used by g reat c rested n ewts for breeding. a PProac H t he following techniques were applied: egg searches -

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