A former Mill in Ribble Valley was planned to be demolished, to make way for a modern housing solution.
JCA were to complete a winter bat hibernation survey to ensure that the demolition, would not destroy a bat habitation.
We spent the winter of 2017 surveying the structure for hibernating bats.
A survey we completed in the summer had confirmed that the structure was home to a number of species of bat roosting within the walls, so it was expected that the building could be used by hibernating bats.
In the winter, we carried out winter bat hibernation surveys.
The structure was fully searched over this period, using endoscopic cameras and acoustic data gathered using Anabat detectors.
The survey concluded that there were no hibernating bats, therefore only a licence for summer roosting bats had to be applied for.
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