The find of the century
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English - November 23, 2022 05:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsNature Science Natural Sciences batchat bats bat conservation trust bct bat society nature wildlife bat british wildlife nocturnal Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
S4E36 You join us in a secret location this week. Back in 2019, Scotty Dodd from the Sussex Bat Group made the most significant discovery in the history of the bat group...the first maternity roost of greater horseshoe bats in Sussex for one hundred years. Truly the find of the century! In a small dry valley surrounded by beech trees, Scotty & Steve are sat in front of the run-down stable block as Scotty describes to Steve how he came across the roost and got the verification he was looking for.
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