Help please to ID this..

[Spruce Pirate]

bat potential there, so youll need to confirm or deny that before ANY work is done

 

Other than almost any semi-mature onward tree may have some bat potential I don't see anything specific in the photos. Is there something I've missed or are you generalising here?

[Aether]

Following on from the bat comments, it's really worth following the 'bat tree habitat key' group on Facebook run by Henry Andrews. There's a lot of useful photos of bats using various cavities, splits and crevices. Evidence of lesser horseshoe bats (rare little buggers and restricted to the south west and south wales) have also recently been confirmed in a hollowed stem butt-rot which was not formally known. I survey buildings / trees for bats and its surprising where they can turn up so don't overlook them.

 

 

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