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Rare bat found at Dover Castle by Kent Bat Group, says English Heritage
Published: 06:00, 14 January 2021
It s not been seen in Kent for more than 100 years but now the rare and elusive Horseshoe Bat has been discovered roosting by two bat ecologists in one of the county s castles.
The Greater Horseshoe bat was found roosting in the currently closed Dover Castle by Claire and Toby Munn of the Kent Bat Group.
A horseshoe bat roosting Picture: Claire Munn (43940621)
And the first sighting of the species was made, by pure coincidence, in the castle’s Horseshoe Passage.
It follows an intensive search which began in 2019 after a small number of the bats flights were recorded in locations around the castle during surveys commissioned by English Heritage. ....

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