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| Zoom in to spot mine entrance |
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| Extra wide gate granting access to 'mine/bat cave compound' |
Joined Mike and Maurice on a crisp and sunny November for this season's first Bat survey, starting at the Bat Cave. There were a healthy
90 lesser horseshoes in the Bat cave,
23 in the kennels, a record breaking
98 in the Bothy and
1 in the cellar giving a total of
212. Work would be needed on 'step repair' to the mines for the December count and a renewed promise of renovation work on the cellar entrance was made i.e. Maurice and myself to refit door with suitable slot for bats access ala the very successful Bothy model.
Inevitably the Autumn, Winter and possibly another Spring 'watch' will continue to curtail my activities at Sherborne but when Mike can escape the demands of the BBC/NT management I hope to sneak in some real conservation/countryside management work.
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