Photos from GCN Licencing & Mitigation Demonstration

A selection of photos from the newt fencing demonstration that we performed at the Great Crested Newt Licencing and Mitigation Course from November 2012.
See previous blog entry
This course runs in Autumn every year and is lead by Jim Fairclough of Golder Associates in association with Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (ARC-Trust).
Photos courtesy of David Orchard.

Matt installing ACO One-way
Amphibian Fence Panels,
a new addition to this year's demo.

Jim talking through a great crested newt mitigation
scenario with course delegates.

Explaining the benefits of Caudon Semi-permanent
Newt Fencing

Jim talking about the ACO One-way Amphibian Fence
and how this can provide maximum
great crested newt protection.

The ACO range of amphibian protection products generates
lots of discussion.
Seen here is the ACO Guide wall system for hard-landscaped
amphibian barriers or installing across hard standing surfaces. 

Myself & Matt after a busy but satisfying day

Another successful event and a great opportunity to meet some new ecology recruits and hear their comments about newt fencing installation and GCN mitigation. Lots of useful comments which can help us to develop our Caudon range of products. Also some very interesting discussions about ACO products and how these might help to develop great crested newt mitigation installations in the future.

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