On 2014-03-14 17:18:24 +0000, rbel said:

On Fri, 14 Mar 2014 16:05:39 +0000, Sacha
wsnipetimes a little head pokes
out but never when there's a camera handy!

As Buckfastleigh is on your doostep and if you are interested,
apparently it is worth popping along to the lane just south of
Buckfast church on a warm summer evening, just prior to dusk, to watch
the exit of the Greater Horseshoes from their main colony at Higher
Kiln Quarry and fly down the lane. An ex collegue of mine who was an
ecologist specialising in bats told me about it, said it was an
amazing sight, and your post has jogged my memory - I have just made
a note on my calendar to remind me to wander up there this summer.

I'm not going to swear to this but I have an idea you can't just wander
up on your own. I *think* there are special evenings but I'll check
with some of our team who live there. Istr Bill Oddy showing that
flight on some tv programme.

The quarry and caves are part of a Devon Wildlife Trust reserve and
are off limits unless a permit is granted by the trust. An email to
should provide the info but the path
and lane adjacent to the church are public areas, according to my one
time colleague.

That's the old burnt out church, not the new, hideously ugly one in the
town! That would be an interesting thing to do with the grandchildren
- good idea. They love watching ours but to see them in those
quantities would be a real experience.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk