Environmental Statement volume 4 - Chiltern Evergreen3

Chiltern Line September 2009Reptile Report3.0 Survey Results and EvaluationData Search3.1 The NBN provided no records of European protected reptile species, sand lizard and smoothsnake, furthe r more the re is has bee n no suitable habitat within the propo sed Scheme o rwithin 500 metres of the of the Sch eme boundary. In additio n, there were also no commonreptile species on or within a 5 00 metre radius of each site. However, there are records ofGrass Snake in the wider area to the east of Oxford (NBN, 2009).Field Survey3.2 Full su rvey result s are in the table below an d are sho wn on Drawings 9761/6/8/wor1 to9761/6/8/wor8 and weath er co nditions can be found in Appendix 2. The following wasencountered at each site: Bicester Town Station No reptiles Wolvercote Tunnel South Slow Worm Wolvercote Tunnel North Slow Worm and Grass Snake Water Eaton South No reptiles Oddington No reptiles Wendlebury No reptiles Langford Lane No reptiles Langford Industrial Estate South Slow Worm Langford Industrial Estate North No reptilesKeystone Environmental 5