- The site of a proposed new development, (provisionally involving
2,500 units and associated mixed use development), at Durieshill,
near Stirling, on behalf of Nigel Rudd Ecology, in 2009, (as described
in relation to the Durieshill Wintering bird survey). A comprehensive
report was prepared following the completion of the fieldwork;
- The site of a proposed new wind-farm site, near Castlecary,
Falkirk, for Young Associates Environmental Consultants, in 2007.
The site was on the edge of the Slamannan Plateau and comprised
pasture and silage fields, shelter-belts, moorland and rough grassland
areas and recently planted mixed plantations, (n.b., at an early
stage BCMESL advised the client that the proximity of the site
to the then proposed Slamannan Plateau SSSI and SPA rendered the
proposed site very problematic, and as such it was dropped);
- The site of a proposed new wind-farm site, near Castlecary,
Falkirk, for YAEC, in 2007. The site surveyed was c.200 ha. and
is on the edge of the Campsie Fells. It is comprised pasture,
silage and arable fields, shelter-belts, scrub areas, moorland
and rough grassland areas and recently planted coniferous plantations;
and,
- The site of the Castle Stuart Golf Resort development, near
Inverness, for Cornerstone Golf Development International in 2006,
(pre-construction), and 2008, (post-construction). The site involved
was arable and pasture, with scrub, reed-bed and salt-marsh. In
addition, there are various farms and associated agricultural
/ rural properties, and a large country house at Old Petty, (see
also Castle Stuart
WeBS-based Wintering and Breeding Bird Surveys, Ornithological
Impact Assessment, and Ornithological and Environmental Management
Guidance and Advice). The breeding bird survey was
based on standard CBC methodology, and concentrated on assessing
the breeding bird community of the affected area.
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