On Sunday, 18th October, three NBG members installed a total of 26 bat boxes at Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust’s Besthorpe Nature Reserve as part of the new Trent Vale Trail.
The boxes used were primarily those constructed by NBG members and were erected on a mixture of oak and ash trees along the trail. A variety of hibernation, Kent, standard and CJM wooden boxes were used, along with six Ecostyrocrete™ boxes purchased from Greenwood’s Ecohabitats.

Wooden hibernation box and Ecostyrocrete™ box.
All work was carried out by NBG members adhering to current government guidelines.