While some species are starting to recover, if they don’t have safe spaces to breed it has long-term implications. Rose said: “Bats have the highest legal protection.

Rose and Diana were inspired to create a children’s book to help communicate the issues around bats in churches to a younger audience and their families, as well as raise awareness of the impact of habitat loss caused by human activities on bats. where the impact of bat droppings and urine was causing such an impact that they considered closing it. The story, written by Bats in Churches engagement officers Rose Riddell and Diana Spencer and illustrated by Chris Shields, was inspired by the real-life case of All Saints, a Grade II listed 12th century church in Braunston-in-Rutland. Together they work to safeguard the future of the church and the bats. He calls on a local ecologist and church architect for help. When the cottage is knocked down, Mo and her friends take shelter in an old church, but their presence causes cleaning problems for the churchwarden. Inspired by a true story of bats living in one of their project churches, The Little Church Bat tells the story of Mo, a bat who lives with her friends inside the chimney of a tumbledown cottage on the edge of a village. The Bats in Churches project was formed in 2018, when Natural England, the Church of England, Historic England, the Bat Conservation Trust and the Churches Conservation Trust brought together cross-sector experts, church communities and volunteers to address the issues that can arise when bats and historic churches co-exist and help ensure a harmonious future for both. Urn:oclc:861531064 Republisher_date 20120711025123 Republisher_operator Scandate 20120710053918 Scanner in Churches has published its first ever children’s book to explain the benefits and challenges of bats roosting in churches. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 22:46:18 Asin 0786881887 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA179601 Boxid_2 CH107401 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York DonorĪlibris Edition 1st ed.

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