Bats an Indicator of the UK’s Biodiversity
I remember vividly the sight of my dad running for cover, making slow groaning sounds, thrashing wildly at the air like some madman from a B-movie.
I was a mere toddler, blanket in one hand, thumb in mouth (think Linus) - wondering what all the fuss was about.
It was dusk and the bats were out, darting this way and that, catching insects as the summer’s sun slid from view, leaving that beautiful blue light before darkness descends.
I shrugged in an awfully precocious manner, looked at mummy, then turned my eyes back to the bats.
And today, Defra (the UK’s Department for Environment, Food And Rural Affairs) have announced that bats are to be used to help measure the biodiversity of the UK.
