Bat survey price: Bat Survey Price Index
The median published figure in the Bat Survey Price Index is 350 GBP across 13 sources' own pages (range 200 to 500 GBP), read 11 October 2026.
350 GBP Median published figure unchanged since 26 Sept 2026 middle half 299 to 374.5 GBP
200 to 500 GBP Range a 300 GBP spread; quartiles 299 and 374.5
13 Published figures from 13 source pages, read 21 Oct 2026
13 of 61 Sources read that publish one 21% publish a figure at all
- 1200 to 250
- 3250 to 300
- 1300 to 350
- 7350 to 400
- 400 to 450
- 1450 to 500
Bands
| Bucket | Value |
|---|---|
| 200 to 250 | 1 figure |
| 250 to 300 | 3 figures |
| 300 to 350 | 1 figure |
| 350 to 400 | 7 figures |
| 400 to 450 | 0 figures |
| 450 to 500 | 1 figure |
13 of the 61 named sources read in full publish a figure; 48 publish none, read 11 October 2026.
The median is unchanged since 26 September 2026 (was 350 GBP across 12).
Every figure, with its source
One row per published figure: the figure as the source's own page publishes it, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.
| Source | Figure | Read |
|---|---|---|
| Bat Surveyor, survey FAQ and fee | 500GBP | 2026-10-11 |
| Arbtech, bat surveys | 399GBP + VAT | 2026-10-11 |
| Wildlife Surveying, survey pricing | 399GBP | 2026-10-11 |
| Aware Ecology, bat surveys | 350GBP + VAT | 2026-10-11 |
| Gritstone Ecology, preliminary roost assessment | 350GBP | 2026-10-11 |
| Elite Ecology, bat surveys | 350GBP | 2026-10-11 |
| Betts Ecology, bat and emergence surveys | 350GBP | 2026-10-11 |
| EchoSight, pricing | 350GBP | 2026-10-11 |
| Chase Ecology, preliminary ecological appraisals | 348GBP | 2026-10-11 |
| BatSurveys.co.uk, bat surveys | 299GBP + VAT | 2026-10-11 |
| Cornwall Environmental Consultants, bat and barn owl surveys | 299GBP inc VAT | 2026-10-11 |
| ACP Consultants, bat survey | 275GBP | 2026-10-11 |
| Indigo Surveys, bat surveys | 200GBP + VAT | 2026-10-11 |
The sentence each figure was read from (13)
- Bat Surveyor, survey FAQ and fee, read 2026-10-11:
Bat surveys cost from £500 (and no VAT to pay) if I do them for you.
- Arbtech, bat surveys, read 2026-10-11:
In terms of our pricing, the preliminary roost assessment cost starts at £399+VAT, and the bat emergence survey cost starts at £799+VAT.
- Wildlife Surveying, survey pricing, read 2026-10-11:
Bat and bird surveys for planning applications and developments from £399.
- Aware Ecology, bat surveys, read 2026-10-11:
Contact us for further advice; our Preliminary Roost Assessment (PRA) surveys start from £350+VAT.
- Gritstone Ecology, preliminary roost assessment, read 2026-10-11:
It won’t cost you anything, and we can probably save you some time reading the entire internet to find out about bats. £350*
- Elite Ecology, bat surveys, read 2026-10-11:
We are licensed to carry out bat surveys anywhere in the UK and our prices for bat surveys start at £350.
- Betts Ecology, bat and emergence surveys, read 2026-10-11:
Our prices start from just £350.
- EchoSight, pricing, read 2026-10-11:
From £350 + travel
- Chase Ecology, preliminary ecological appraisals, read 2026-10-11:
Phase 1 preliminary roost assessments and habitat walkover surveys range from £348.
- BatSurveys.co.uk, bat surveys, read 2026-10-11:
Preliminary Roost Assessment (PRA) – from £299+VAT
- Cornwall Environmental Consultants, bat and barn owl surveys, read 2026-10-11:
Surveys start from as little as £299 (inc vat) and can be carried out in as little as eight working days.
- ACP Consultants, bat survey, read 2026-10-11:
Survey costs start from £275, with final pricing dependent on site-specific conditions and any follow-up work required.
- Indigo Surveys, bat surveys, read 2026-10-11:
A preliminary roost assessment starts from £200 + VAT and is usually around a day’s work.
Read in full, publishes no figure
48 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.
- Arbtech, preliminary roost assessment, read 2026-10-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- Aware Ecology, Gloucestershire bat surveys, read 2026-09-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- Gritstone Ecology, bat surveys, read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Chase Ecology, bat surveys, read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Ecology Surveys, survey pricing, read 2026-09-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- Coachman Bat Consultancy, bat survey prices, read 2026-09-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- ECOassistance, ecological survey pricing, read 2026-10-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- Ecology Service, costings, read 2026-10-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- Ecological Survey, survey cost range, read 2026-09-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- Ecology by Design, cost of an ecological impact assessment, read 2026-10-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- Ecology by Design, bat survey, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Midland Ecology, preliminary roost assessment, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Midland Ecology, bat surveys, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Acer Ecology, bat scoping survey, read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Kane Ecology, bat surveys (Northern Ireland), read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- EMEC Ecology, daytime bat walkover, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Babec Ecological Consultants, bat surveys, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Phlorum, bat surveys and assessments, read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Greenspace Ecology, bat surveys, mitigation and licensing, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Nelson Ecology, bat survey services, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Cove Ecological Surveys, bat surveys, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- The Wildlife Partnership, bat surveys and mitigation, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Echoes Ecology, bat surveys (Scotland), read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Hone Ecology, bat roost potential building survey, read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Cotswold Environmental, bat survey, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- ATW Ecology, Gloucestershire bat survey, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Ecology Wales, bat surveys south Wales, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- West Country Ecology, bat surveys, read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Windrush Ecology, bat survey, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- ABR Ecology, bat survey for planning permission, read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Darwin Ecology, bat survey specialists, read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Tyne Ecology, bat surveys, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Wild Frontier Ecology, bat surveys in Norfolk, read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Glaven Ecology, ecological services, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Torc Ecology, ecology consultancy, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Cambridge Ecology, ecological surveys, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Bench Ecology, ecological surveys, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Robson Ecology, ecological surveys, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Wildbanks Conservation, ecological consultancy, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- EVO Ecology, surveys for planning and development, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Hopkirk & Russ Bat Ecology, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Allen & Mellon, ecology services, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Atrium Ecology, bat surveys south Wales, read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Devon & Cornwall Ecology, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Ecological Surveys Ltd, read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Leigh Ecology, protected species surveys, read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- The BNG Guy, bat survey cost guide, read 2026-09-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- Homebuilding & Renovating, bat surveys, read 2026-10-11: every candidate on the page was refused
Methodology
Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).
13 of the 61 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 48 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 2 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.
The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in GBP (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 113 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.
The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per consultancy per survey type (preliminary roost assessment, dusk emergence and dawn re-entry, activity transect, mitigation licence and method statement), recording the published price, whether it is inclusive of VAT, travel and report, and the survey count the price buys.
Across them the figures nobody publishes: the median, minimum and maximum published price per survey type; the share of consultancies publishing a price at all against those quoting only, which on the first read is roughly one in four; the ratio of the phase-2 emergence price to the phase-1 assessment price, which is what the buyer's condition actually turns on; the price by region; and repriced-since the previous read.
113 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.
Sources (63)
- Arbtech, preliminary roost assessment(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Arbtech, bat surveys(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- BatSurveys.co.uk, bat surveys(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Bat Surveyor, survey FAQ and fee(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Aware Ecology, bat surveys(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Aware Ecology, Gloucestershire bat surveys(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Gritstone Ecology, preliminary roost assessment(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Gritstone Ecology, bat surveys(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Indigo Surveys, bat surveys(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Chase Ecology, preliminary ecological appraisals(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Chase Ecology, bat surveys(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Ecology Surveys, survey pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Elite Ecology, bat surveys(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Betts Ecology, bat and emergence surveys(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Coachman Bat Consultancy, bat survey prices(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Wildlife Surveying, survey pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- EchoSight, pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Cornwall Environmental Consultants, bat and barn owl surveys(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ECOassistance, ecological survey pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Ecology Service, costings(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ACP Consultants, bat survey(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Ecological Survey, survey cost range(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Ecology by Design, cost of an ecological impact assessment(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Ecology by Design, bat survey(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Midland Ecology, preliminary roost assessment(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Midland Ecology, bat surveys(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Acer Ecology, bat scoping survey(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Kane Ecology, bat surveys (Northern Ireland)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- EMEC Ecology, daytime bat walkover(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Babec Ecological Consultants, bat surveys(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Phlorum, bat surveys and assessments(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Greenspace Ecology, bat surveys, mitigation and licensing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Nelson Ecology, bat survey services(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Cove Ecological Surveys, bat surveys(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- The Wildlife Partnership, bat surveys and mitigation(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Echoes Ecology, bat surveys (Scotland)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Hone Ecology, bat roost potential building survey(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Cotswold Environmental, bat survey(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ATW Ecology, Gloucestershire bat survey(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Ecology Wales, bat surveys south Wales(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- West Country Ecology, bat surveys(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Windrush Ecology, bat survey(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ABR Ecology, bat survey for planning permission(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Darwin Ecology, bat survey specialists(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Tyne Ecology, bat surveys(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Wild Frontier Ecology, bat surveys in Norfolk(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Glaven Ecology, ecological services(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Torc Ecology, ecology consultancy(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Cambridge Ecology, ecological surveys(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Bench Ecology, ecological surveys(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Robson Ecology, ecological surveys(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Wildbanks Conservation, ecological consultancy(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- EVO Ecology, surveys for planning and development(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Hopkirk & Russ Bat Ecology(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Allen & Mellon, ecology services(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Atrium Ecology, bat surveys south Wales(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Devon & Cornwall Ecology(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Ecological Surveys Ltd(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Leigh Ecology, protected species surveys(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- The BNG Guy, bat survey cost guide(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Homebuilding & Renovating, bat surveys(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Checkatrade, bat survey cost guide(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- events.cieem.net(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
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The median published figure in the Bat Survey Price Index is 350 GBP across 13 sources' own pages (range 200 to 500 GBP), read 11 October 2026.
13 of the 61 named sources read in full publish a figure; 48 publish none, read 11 October 2026.
The median is unchanged since 26 September 2026 (was 350 GBP across 12).
Cite as: "batsurveycost.co.uk Bat Survey Price Index", updated 2026-10-21, https://batsurveycost.co.uk/datasets/bat-survey-price-index/.
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Questions this data answers
What does a bat survey cost in the UK, per ecology consultancy and per survey type, and who publishes a price at all?
The median published figure in the Bat Survey Price Index is 350 GBP across 13 sources' own pages (range 200 to 500 GBP), read 11 October 2026.
Where do the figures in the Bat Survey Price Index come from?
Every figure is quoted from its source's own page and dated (last read 11 Oct 2026). 61 named sources were read and 13 publish a figure; the 48 that publish none are recorded as not published, never estimated.