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1 INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................................................2 1.1 Purpose of this Report..............................................................................................................2 1.2 Ecological Context....................................................................................................................2 1.3 Structure of this Report ............................................................................................................3
2 METHODS........................................................................................................................................4 2.1 General.....................................................................................................................................4 2.2 Field Survey – Water Vole........................................................................................................4 2.2.1 Habitat Assessment......................................................................................................4 2.2.2 Evidence of Water Vole Activity ...................................................................................4
2.3 Field Survey – European Otter.................................................................................................5 2.3.1 Habitat Assessment......................................................................................................5 2.3.2 Evidence of European Otter Activity.............................................................................5 2.4 Constraints ...............................................................................................................................5
3 RESULTS.........................................................................................................................................7 3.1 General.....................................................................................................................................7 3.2 Water Vole................................................................................................................................7 3.3 European Otter.......................................................................................................................10
4 EVALUATION ................................................................................................................................11 4.1 Water Vole..............................................................................................................................11 4.2 European Otter.......................................................................................................................11 4.3 Further actions........................................................................................................................11
5 FIGURES........................................................................................................................................12 6 REFERENCES...............................................................................................................................13 APPENDIX A – WATER VOLE HABITAT SURVEY...........................................................................14 APPENDIX B - LEGAL CONTEXT ......................................................................................................47 Water Vole......................................................................................................................................47 European Otter ...............................................................................................................................47
TABLES Table 1: Summary of results of Water Vole Survey...............................................................................7
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Water Vole and Otter Technical Report 854188 (Rev 02)