In Wales
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The rich Welsh landscape provides a diverse range of habitats for 15 of our British bats; the mouse-eared and grey long-eared bats being as far as we know, absent from our fauna.
There are 10 Special Areas of Conservation where bats are either a primary or secondary feature of the SAC and details of the SACs can be found on the JNCC web site.
Read more about Welsh bat fauna as it is currently understood.
Wales Bat Project
Thanks to the support of the Countryside Council for Wales, Environment Wales and the Heritage Lottery Fund, BCT is able to run the Wales Bat Project. through which, we work alongside 16 volunteer Bat Groups in Wales to:
- actively promote greater awareness of bats in Wales
- seek new ways to enable more people in Wales to appreciate and enjoy bats, and get involved in bat conservation; for example, by setting up Wales Count Bat
- help develop the bat volunteer network, by capacity building and facilitating information sharing
- train bat volunteers to take part in bat conservation projects in Wales
- identify and co-coordinate priority projects that focus on local bat conservation work in Wales.
In addition, we run independent projects such as Landscape for Lessers, the Bechstein's Project and Tir Gofal Agri-environment Scheme Monitoring Project which are of particular relevance to Wales.
Welsh Language Policy
BCT’s Welsh language scheme has now been approved by the Board of Trustees. In the conduct of its business in Wales, BCT will treat the Welsh and English languages on a basis of equality as far as it is reasonable and practicable to do so.
Publications
The following bilingual publications are available, however, we are also making them available for download in English or Welsh versions:
| Bats and the Law | Help Us Count Bats |
| Bats of the World | Living With Bats |
| British Bats | What Bat is That? |
| Encouraging Bats |
For more information about what's going on in Wales, contact our Wales Bat Officer, or visit our events page.
Wales Office, Swansea Environment Centre, Pier Street, Swansea, SA1 1RY
Phone: 01792 643 152 Mobile 07531 549 547
slucas@bats.org.uk
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