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Former theme park buildings too unsafe for bat surveyors to enter
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02 Feb 2023 10:03 - 02 Feb 2023 10:09 #6466
by Jim Wright
SURVEYS of the bat population at the former Pleasure Island theme park in Cleethorpes could only be carried out partially because many of the buildings which house them were too unsafe for humans to enter.
According to a report, the structures had been impacted by vandalism in 2020 - even more so when the surveyors returned last summer.
In some cases, the creatures may have been smoked out of their roosts by fire.
As a result, the ecologists were confined to monitoring - either in person or with gadgetry - the creatures as they emerged from the buildings at dusk or foraging for flying insects as darkness deepened.
Species recorded included:
* Brown Long-eared
* Common Pipistrelle
* Daubenton's
* Nathusius' Pipistrelle
* Noctule
* Soprano Pipistrelle
There was also a record of another bat which was unidentified.
The report says: "Numerous bat roosting opportunities are present within the site, both within the 23 former theme park buildings and the more mature trees, particularly those present on the southern boundary."
Agents for the supermarket-led consortium seeking to redevelop the site claim that alternative habitats can be provided if, as intended, the buildings are demolished and the trees felled.
According to a report, the structures had been impacted by vandalism in 2020 - even more so when the surveyors returned last summer.
In some cases, the creatures may have been smoked out of their roosts by fire.
As a result, the ecologists were confined to monitoring - either in person or with gadgetry - the creatures as they emerged from the buildings at dusk or foraging for flying insects as darkness deepened.
Species recorded included:
* Brown Long-eared
* Common Pipistrelle
* Daubenton's
* Nathusius' Pipistrelle
* Noctule
* Soprano Pipistrelle
There was also a record of another bat which was unidentified.
The report says: "Numerous bat roosting opportunities are present within the site, both within the 23 former theme park buildings and the more mature trees, particularly those present on the southern boundary."
Agents for the supermarket-led consortium seeking to redevelop the site claim that alternative habitats can be provided if, as intended, the buildings are demolished and the trees felled.
Last edit: 02 Feb 2023 10:09 by Jim Wright.
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