Home for birds and bats on Eel Pie Island
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Home for birds and bats on Eel Pie Island by Eirian Evans as part of the Geograph project.
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Home for birds and bats on Eel Pie Island
Image: © Eirian Evans Taken: 21 Oct 2010
Sand Martin bank and Bat Hibernaculum at the western end of the island. Volunteers shifted 30 tonnes of sand, concrete, and other materials, by hand, over Eel Pie bridge to the site. Completed in 2009, the Bank has been rendered to appear as a natural sand bank, with draft-proofed housing for up to 80 sand martins as well as a number of bat roosts in the top.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.443972
Longitude
-0.328097