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Helping bats home to roost



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Published Date: 21 March 2008
By Amy Burns
ENDANGERED bats are being encouraged to roost on the site of a Sheffield engineering firm.
The protected Pipistrelle bats are the most commonly found species of bat in Sheffield but have suffered a 70 per cent decline in recent years.

Now in a bid to get them roosting safely in the city, engineering firm Forgemasters in partnership with Sheffield Wildlife Trust has agreed to install a number of bat boxes around its Brightside Lane site.

Volunteers will be scaling the trees alongside the River Don on Thursday March 27 to position the boxes.

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  • Last Updated: 20 March 2008 2:49 PM
  • Source: Sheffield Star
  • Location: Sheffield
 
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