A Bonanza of Bat Box Building
Bats are absolutely the coolest thing on the wing, and they're struggling. Because of us! We keep demolishing where they live, and the places they feed and shelter. The answer: we need to build Bat Spaces faster than we're destroying them. We have them living in our roof space - and we plant trees and plants (that attract the things they eat) and also build as many bat boxes as we can manage - and it's easier than you think! We ran a Bat Box Masterclass to show how...thanks to Nigel for finding a smorgasbord of design info on t'interweb and getting all his tools out for a hugely productive session with the fabulous Sithney Woodland gang.
And the splendid Bat Conservation Trust says on its website that "We are lucky enough to have 18 species of bat in the UK, 17 of which are known to be breeding here - that's almost a quarter of our mammal species." So we need to look after 'em!
And the splendid Bat Conservation Trust says on its website that "We are lucky enough to have 18 species of bat in the UK, 17 of which are known to be breeding here - that's almost a quarter of our mammal species." So we need to look after 'em!
Long eared bat chasing a moth. Wow. Thanks to Warren Photographic for catching this image...
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Brown long eared bat. One of these titchy guys flew into the house one evening this summer; we left the room, opened the window and he soon found his way out again. Those are INCREDIBLE ears! :)
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