Monday, January 6, 2020

Bat home installation is complete


We completed the bat home installation project with Tim Newton of Green Footprint, the arborist, installing the last three, of a total of twelve, on Thursday 5th December. One was in a gum tree in the school yard of Rototuna Primary. Lots of classrooms came out to watch. The You Tube clip of bat activity in Sandford Park had been forwarded to the school, so many of the children were really excited to see the home go up.

We are very realistic, in that if we get one of the twelve occupied in the next few years, we will feel we have been successful.
For those interested this document of an overview of bats in New Zealand is linked to an interesting pdf

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