Our knowledge of protected species and the constraints associated with them enables us to look at a scheme and plan a methodology for the clearance of habitat at the most appropriate time of year to avoid or minimise impacts.

Types of clearance undertaken are:

• Clearance of vegetation to deter nesting birds using equipment ranging from hand held tools to large tractor/digger mounted flail heads
• Light destructive searching of sites by hand, usually after newt and reptile translocations
• Heavy destructive searching of sites using excavators, usually after the light detructive search
• Turf stripping of sites
• Hedgerow removal
• Gorse and bracken removal