Roosting Bats

Tuesday, September 28th 2010

It has been a busy few days here despite the inclement weather. At the weekend the eco-club children learnt all about Autumn and the different ways that plants and flowers disperse their seeds. Thank you to Anne and Sue who ran the session and to Elizabeth for preparing the worksheets.

Major Williams Walking Group also came for an Autumn ramble. They spotted lots of new fungi and some signs of Badger activity.

On Sunday the bird ringers recorded over 200 birds.

Wildlife at Forxglove

Work continues on the moor trail path, McDuff was bemused by the amount of high visibility jackets in view.

Meanwhile…..... Today the volunteers were out in force. Tom, Elizabeth, Anthony and John checked most of the bat boxes and were lucky enough to find bats roosting in four of the boxes. Here you can see two little Pipistrelle bats cosying up together. They found six bats altogether and will continue their checking next week.

Pipistrelle bats

Coppice

Elsewhere a start was made on the coppice programme which will open up some glades through the middle of the reserve. A huge amount of work was completed which will make a vast difference to our habitat

Coppice clearing


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