Pre-construction monitoring

Before construction begins, we establish robust baseline data for birds and bats using structured survey protocols informed by relevant national guidelines and international best practice. Survey design is tailored to the specific project context — taking into account turbine layout, local habitat, seasonality and the species assemblages most likely to be present — ensuring that the data gathered is directly relevant to predicting and managing collision and displacement risk.

• Pre-construction bat and bird monitoring
• Project-specific tailoring informed by relevant guidelines

Operational monitoring

Once a facility is operational, ongoing monitoring is typically a legal condition of environmental authorisation. We design and implement monitoring programmes that are practical, scientifically credible and structured to generate data suitable for regulatory reporting and adaptive management. Where collision mortality is detected, we develop evidence-based mitigation strategies — including shutdown-on-demand protocols — to reduce impacts to acceptable levels.

• Activity surveys
• Carcass monitoring
• Shutdown on demand analyses
• Development of mitigation strategies

Our team has extensive experience working on wind and solar projects across southern Africa, giving us a detailed understanding of the regulatory landscape, the species of greatest concern and the monitoring approaches that work in practice. We work closely with developers, ECOs and project managers to keep environmental compliance on track across all project phases.