Post by L Roebuck on Jul 27, 2006 13:28:17 GMT -5
Batsnatcher a boon for conservationists
Jul 26 2006
Daily Post
CONSERVATIONISTS are using a "hi-tech" way of counting bats in some of the remotest parts of Wales.
Helped by university experts the Countryside Council for Wales is testing a new Batsnatcher system.
And it's already been trialled at the entrance to one roost - the home of under-threat lesser horseshoe bats - in the Conwy valley.
According to Dylan Lloyd, CCW monitoring ecologist, the results of the month-long operation at a farm in Llanrwst are "very promising".
The Batsnatcher will now be switched to a site in South Wales.
Article: icnorthwales.icnetwork.co.uk/
Jul 26 2006
Daily Post
CONSERVATIONISTS are using a "hi-tech" way of counting bats in some of the remotest parts of Wales.
Helped by university experts the Countryside Council for Wales is testing a new Batsnatcher system.
And it's already been trialled at the entrance to one roost - the home of under-threat lesser horseshoe bats - in the Conwy valley.
According to Dylan Lloyd, CCW monitoring ecologist, the results of the month-long operation at a farm in Llanrwst are "very promising".
The Batsnatcher will now be switched to a site in South Wales.
Article: icnorthwales.icnetwork.co.uk/