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Devon Greater Horseshoe Bat Project gets £707k of lottery funding Devon Greater Horseshoe Bat Project gets £707k of lottery funding
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A project to help one of Europe's most endangered bat species has been awarded £707,000 of National Lottery funding.A project to help one of Europe's most endangered bat species has been awarded £707,000 of National Lottery funding.
The Devon Greater Horseshoe Bat Project will restore habitats, protect 11 "priority roosts" and work with landowners.The Devon Greater Horseshoe Bat Project will restore habitats, protect 11 "priority roosts" and work with landowners.
Devon is the species stronghold, with a third of the UK's 6,500 bats found in the county, project organisers have said.Devon is the species stronghold, with a third of the UK's 6,500 bats found in the county, project organisers have said.
Funding has come from the Heritage Lottery Fund.Funding has come from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
'Population crash''Population crash'
The project is being led by the Devon Wildlife Trust in partnership with 18 organisations. The project is being led by the Devon Wildlife Trust in partnership with 18 organisations and the funding will allow the scheme to continue for the next five years.
Ed Parr Ferris, project manager, said: "The greater horseshoe bat is a species that has seen its European population crash in the last 100 years, and has disappeared from more than half its British range.Ed Parr Ferris, project manager, said: "The greater horseshoe bat is a species that has seen its European population crash in the last 100 years, and has disappeared from more than half its British range.
"Cattle-grazed pastures, wildflower-rich meadows, hedges, woodland edges, orchards and streams all play a key part in the bat's complex lives."Cattle-grazed pastures, wildflower-rich meadows, hedges, woodland edges, orchards and streams all play a key part in the bat's complex lives.
"The project will work with local farmers and communities to improve and conserve these features, which will be to the benefit not only of greater horseshoe bats but also Devon's wealth of other wildlife and our treasured landscapes.""The project will work with local farmers and communities to improve and conserve these features, which will be to the benefit not only of greater horseshoe bats but also Devon's wealth of other wildlife and our treasured landscapes."
The species is one of the UK's biggest bats with a wingspan of almost 16in (40cm).The species is one of the UK's biggest bats with a wingspan of almost 16in (40cm).
'Priority roosts'