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Bats are Brilliant!

August 16, 2021 by Aline Denton | Leave a Comment

You may have heard these expressions – ‘Blind as a bat’, ‘Bats in your hair’, ‘Bats in the belfry’! Well actually they can see, and they don’t fly in your hair as they use echolocation to find their way around in the dark to find their food and to avoid bumping into things. Also, they […]

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Helping People to Help Wildlife

February 2, 2012 / January 29, 2013 by Mara | Leave a Comment

Denmark Farm Conservation Centre, near Lampeter, is calling for four more Ceredigion communities to put their names forward if they want to work together to improve the local environment, for wildlife and for their enjoyment.  ‘Wildlife Where You Live’ (WWYL), which is managed by Denmark Farm Conservation Centre, helps people to identify and implement environmental […]

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Ten go ‘batty’ in Llanafan

September 30, 2011 / August 1, 2012 by Mara | Leave a Comment

Last week, the Llanafan ‘Wildlife Where You Live’ group held a Bat and Moth evening in their village. Armed with torches and bat detectors (fully equipped with bat-teries of course!), members of the North Ceredigion bat group  took ten enthusiastic attendees on a walk around the village. We saw  -and heard- a large number of pipistrelle bats feeding along the road […]

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