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The bats are back in the roost at Howard Davis Farm, it is quite a large roost so is a good one to visit for anyone that has got abit bored of not seeing any bats!
Donna went to check it out last night and said this:
“I am tres excited as I saw 68 bats coming out the office last night.
I have asked Louise Magris and she is happy for the bat group to visit one night if anyone wants to see what I believe to be a maternity roost (?)…..There is loads of poooooo )”

If anyone is interested in going up let me know and I will arrange a date or a couple of dates.

Thanks,

ani

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

The weather report is not looking good for tomorrow therefore I am re-scheduling the Oaklands survey for 8.15/8.30pm Thursday 27th May, please confirm your attendance so that I can update the surveyor.
thanks,
ani

Title: Oaklands Survey
Location: Oaklands house, Trinity
Description: Emergence survey of Oaklands house prior to building work.
Start Time: 20:30
Date: 2010-05-26

As those that attended the meeting know, we are going to be conducting an emergence survey of Oaklands in Trinity for which we will receive a £250 donation from the owner. We need to conduct this survey at the end of May/beginning of June and the building surveyor needs to know the date and the number of people that will be on site in advance, therefore we need to organise numbers and a date that everyone who wants to take part is available. If you want to be involved in this survey please add a comment with your name and available dates/unavailable dates for late May/early June.

Thanks,

ani

Based on the comments I suggest we have the initial date as Wednesday 26th May, but if the weather is bad have thursday 27th, Tuesday 1st and Wednesday 2nd as back up dates. Let me know if you can make those dates as I need to tell the surveyor how many of us will be on site for health and safety.

Thanks,

ani