Bat gantry spanning the NDR
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Bat gantry spanning the NDR
Image: © Evelyn Simak Taken: 17 Apr 2018
There are several along the route the NDR at strategical locations and one can only hope that the bats know what it is for. This one marks the location where a farm track > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5045382 once used to give access into fields further to the north. This track is now cut off. Update: By October 2019, previously identified roosts of barbastelle bats, one of the rarest bat species in the UK seem to have disappeared in the vicinity of Felthorpe and Rackheath, with attempts to trap bats in those areas failing to land any female barbastelles and only one male specimen. Opponents of the mooted Northern Distributor Road Western Link had previously criticised the council for deciding a preferred route before bat surveys in the area were complete. The owner of a wood located on the proposed route had a Freedom Of Information request to Norfolk County Council for details of those surveys refused. (EDP, 18 October 2019)
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Image Location
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52.678263
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1.344272