Bat cave renovations

Ollie ready with tractor to clear path

Smart new gate at entrance to bat cave area

Ollie testing cleared steps to the bat cave

Wednesday marked the start of this years bat cave maintenance and care with Maurice and Mike leading the way. Fortunately for me previous visits had delivered more scaffolding/support materials and had cut a path through the dense plant growth. While Mike and Maurice did the initial maintenance work I carried out some basic maintenance of the steps which included uncovering some of them still buried under the vegetation. By 1pm Mike and Maurice had completed the maintenance work which would allow the new scaffolding construction to take place over the next couple months. Needless to say all the bats had vacated this winter roost and were in their summer roosts in the Kennels and Bothy. It was good to see the new gate now in place and also to hear that a new buzzard family were resident in Larkethill wood where we were working last week.