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Blackdown Hills AONB

The Blackdown Hills AONB is a designated protected landscape. It is looked after by a partnership of local authorities, government agencies, conservation organisations and community groups and by small team of staff based in Hemyock.
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Survey & monitoring reports

This page contains links to reports on matters such as survey and monitoring, and provides detail on open access software delivered by Somerset Wildlife Trust.
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Mendip Hills

The Mendip Living Landscape encompasses some 30,000 ha and covers the distinctive range of predominantly limestone hills stretching between Frome and Western-Super-Mare. The Mendip Hills are historically a key area of Somerset Wildlife Trust delivery and it’s extremely biodiverse, reflected in numerous designations over a relatively small area.
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Bechstein's bat

The Bechstein's bat is a very rare bat that lives in woodland and roosts in old woodpecker holes or tree crevices. Like other bats, the females form 'maternity colonies' to have…

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Brandt's bat

The small, shaggy-furred Brandt's bat roosts in all sorts of houses, old or modern. It is similar to the whiskered bat and they often roost together, but in separate colonies. It feeds low to…

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Whiskered bat

The small, shaggy-furred whiskered bat roosts in all sorts of houses, old or modern. It is similar to the Brandt's bat and they often roost together, but in separate colonies. It feeds along…

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Quantock Hills AONB

The work of the Quantock Hills AONB involves collaborating with a network of organisations. 
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Alcathoe bat

The Alcathoe bat was 'discovered' in the UK in 2010 when it was confirmed as a separate species to the very similar whiskered and Brandt's bats. Little is known about its range and…