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Volunteers go batty over new equipment
It is the Year of the Bat and as these amazing mammals come out of hibernation, volunteers prepare to monitor them using new equipment donated to the Willdife Trust.
Bat detector company Pettersson Elektronik have just donated over £2200 of bat detector equipment and software to the Wildlife Trust in support of its bat projects, including Bat Path Finders, a landscape-scale monitoring project investigating the recreation of woodland habitats in Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. The Trust is seeking to make its reserves bigger, better and more joined up and volunteers are playing a vital role in monitoring the success of this proactive approach to wildlife conservation.
Lars Pettersson, the owner of Pettersson Elektronik said, “Bat conservation is very important and I’m happy to be able to contribute to the good work of the Wildlife Trust by supporting its volunteers, especially in the Year of the Bat.”
The Wildlife Trust is currently looking for volunteers to help with evening bat surveys at nature reserves, such as Gamlingay wood, and Waresley and Gransden Woods in Cambridgeshire, and Glapthorn Cow Pastures, Old Sulehay, Short Wood and Southwick Wood in Northamptonshire. Volunteers will be trained to use some of the latest bat detection equipment and may hear some of our rarest bat species, including the Barbastelle.
Henry Stanier, the Trust’s Ecology Groups Officer said, “We really appreciate the way Lars and his company, and corporate members of the Wildlife Trust, support our work and enhance the contribution volunteers can make to wildlife in their local area.” Henry went on to say, “In this case the voluntary bat surveyors will be receiving additional training and support, as well as the new equipment, in return for offering us their enthusiasm and a few days of their time.”
Ecology Groups are teams of dedicated volunteers who monitor the health of many of our nature reserves, gathering a wide range of information about wildlife and wild places; they play a vital role in the operation of the Trust, gathering important evidence to support our conservation work.
If you would like to find out more about volunteer opportunities near you or how you can get involved in the work of the Wildlife Trust please visit the website www.wildlifebcnp.org or contact Henry Stanier, Ecology Groups Officer, on 01954 713519 or ecologygroups@wildlifebcnp.org
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