November 2020

Nov
24
2020

New study identifies woodland management practices that are good for Britain’s bats

By acoffey
Barbastelle, by John Black

New research, just published in the journal Forest Ecology and Management, has assessed bat populations across broadleaved woodlands managed in different ways. The work not only reveals the management practices that are good for bats, but also highlights those structural characteristics that are beneficial to individual bat species.

Nov
04
2020

Dr Phil Smith: Wildlife notes October 2020

By acoffey
Moon Fly (Mesembrina meridiana), Ravenmeols logs, 15/10/2020

October is normally the second wettest month of the year but this one was exceptional. Due to a persistently energetic North Atlantic Jet-stream, it rained in Formby on 22 days, some of that contribution being from two named storms. The 3rd was the wettest day recorded in England since records began in 1891, though we didn’t have a particularly large amount of rain here. The result was that the water-table at the Devil’s Hole blowout came up 28cm (nearly a foot) during the month, flooding the slack.

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