The day of our meet on Sunday 23rd February was, as usual, overcast and windy but this time the rain held off. Waiting for ideal conditions to install the bat boxes was no longer an option.
Here are the three boxes, high up in the pine tree, each one facing in a
different direction to allow bats to move from one roost to the
other according the changing conditions during the day.
It will probably be quite a while before any bats move in.
The tree was swaying around in the strong wind
but the boxes will provide shelter and warmth for
roosting bats over the spring, summer and autumn.
They choose different roosts over the winter when
hibernating.
