Our volunteers in Lincolnshire have been going batty about nature. In Skellingthorpe they’ve been installing over twenty home-made bat boxes along a Greener Greenways stretch of the National Cycle Network (Route 64) which runs from Lincoln to Harby.
The Greener Greenways Project is our large scale plan to survey, protect and enhance biodiversity along some of the traffic-free sections of the National Cycle Network. They’re good for wildlife, helping to create ‘networks’ that allow wildlife to move, colonise new areas and adapt. Volunteers and staff design and maintain Greenways to make them interesting and attractive for people - and encourage wildlife to flourish.
In May, a group of our volunteers received help from the local community to build over 20 bat boxes which they installed at locations along the route. The volunteers had the benefit of expert advice from the Lincolnshire Bat Group who advised on suitable locations.
Speaking about the project Greener Greenway project Officer (Midlands and East) Sim Duhra said:
“The National Cycle Network isn’t just great for active travel many sections of it have been developed as Greener Greenways which are great for wildlife too! Along this stretch of the network we’ve had sighting of bats, which are a protected species in law. Hopefully the addition of these boxes will enhance biodiversity and give the bats somewhere safe to live.”
Get involved in the project or find out more by contacting Sim Duhra. Find out more about our Greener Greenways projectfrom News http://www.sustrans.org.uk/news/volunteers-go-batty-about-nature
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