Batty in Bestwood

Day 110 #365DaysWild 

The Friends of Bestwood Country Park (FoBCP) Wildlife Group presented bat boxes to NCC Ranger staff on Monday 16 October 2023 at 11:15am at Alex Lodges, Park Road Bestwood Village Nottingham.

Jess presenting one of the bat boxes

Friends group member Jess Morton successfully applied for a Miner2Major grant to help establish a wildlife group and to encourage wildlife recording in the park.

Following a bat survey by Notts Bat Group (arranged by FoBCP) it was decided to use part of the grant for bat boxes.

Bat boxes were manufactured by Greenwood Ecology using a unique mix of waste polystyrene and concrete.

The Wildlife Group has already been a huge success monitoring water quality in the River Leen and Bestwood Mill Lakes, creating a butterfly transect in the park and holding family moth and bat nights in the park.

The group recorded the first marbled white butterfly in the park during their butterfly transects.