It’s time to bust out the Halloween decorations. But why waste your time with plastic ghosts and ghouls when you could attract real bats to your garden? Building a bat box is a great way to get into ...

“You may already have a lot of plants that attract the insects that bats need to feed from, things like ox-eye daisies, ...

“They are an indicator species which lets us know that the environment is doing well where we are,” she says. “When we have ...

Artificial roosts for bats — or “bat boxes” – are a popular way to conserve native species when their natural habitat has been depleted. They are often used in urban areas to provide shelter where ...

Bat boxes installed across Surrey are now bursting with the mammals, the county's wildlife trust has said. Species roosting include a rare Bechstein's bat near Ockley, nine Natterer's bats near ...

Conservationists have praised the addition of bat and bird boxes to the new Bradford Live music venue. Workers used a hydraulic platform to install 40 boxes on the outside of the former Odeon cinema ...