Going
Bats at Bucksford
If you had been at
Singleton
Lake
or in Bucksford Meadow late on Tuesday 26th August, you might
have come across over 30 adults and children wondering about in the dark
looking and listening out for bats.
The bat walk was led by Kent Bat Group guides John Puckett and Hazel Ryan,
who brought two bats with them for closer inspection.
Everyone was fascinated by the wonderful little creatures and
listened carefully to the talk about the different kinds of bats that live
in
Kent
, and the places they live and feed in.
Then armed with special bat detectors, that enable people to hear and
identify the different types of bat, everyone spent a delightful hour or
so peering into the dark, looking for these elusive creatures.
The event was organised by the Kentish Stour Countryside Project, and was
the last of a very busy and successful series of free school holiday
events that took place in the Ashford Green Corridor. From Woodland
Notes, where children made musical instruments out of wood, to Picture
This, a photographic safari for wildlife, all the events were designed
to underline and celebrate the importance of the green and ‘wild’
spaces in Ashford, for both the wildlife and for the people that live and
visit there.
