Jenny Wallace has undertaken a suite of rope access inspections of bridges and rock slopes over the past ten years and is now a qualified IRATA (Industrial Rope Access Trade Association) Level 1 Rope Access Technician.

These specialist surveys allow close up inspection of potential roost features within bridges and rock slopes which can otherwise be very difficult to survey, especially over the winter months when bat activity surveys are not appropriate. Torches and endoscopes are used to search for evidence of bats (and nesting birds) and can take the form of active period phase 2 Potential Roost Feature (PRF) surveys or Winter HIbernation Surveys (WHIs).