Jersey Bat Group

Michael Brimacombe has contacted us as follows:
“Conrad Evans of Jersey Trees for Life has suggested I seek your assistance concerning establishing the presence of bats in the grounds of our property Temple View .
The context for this enquiry is a current proposal under the High Hedges law to very drastically reduce the height of a line of mature Holm Oaks standing in La Rue des Marettes, which makes this matter very urgent.
Knowledgeable people working here have claimed to have seen bats and Conrad Evans has suggested that the cavities in these Holm Oaks, some of which are more than a century old, may be inhabited by bats. He has recommended that a “bat detector” should be used by a trained detector to determine if this is the case.”

Due to the urgency of the need for this survey we are going to be carrying out an initial survey on Thursday 17th June (this week), Kate Sharma is then going to conduct a survey of the crevices in the trees during the day on Friday, we will then conduct a follow up dusk survey on Monday 21st June.

As it is a fairly large hedgerow we could do with as many volunteers with bat detectors as possible in order to conduct the dusk surveys.

If you are available on Thursday or Monday please let me know, we will be meeting at Temple View, La Rue des Marettes, St Martin JE3 6DS at 9pm. Temple View is located about 400 yards down La Rue des Marettes – leading from the main road just North of Ransoms Garden Centre eastwards to Anne Port – the path leading up Faldouet Dolmen is straight on and about 200 yards further. It is the third house on the right hand side up a short drive between a couple of cement pillars. There are gates at the top of the drive, but people can park in the field on the right at the top.

Your help would be much appreciated for this survey.

Thanks,

ani