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Apparently they have at least three breeding pairs but more over winter there. They have found that the first brood normally fails so this year they took the first brood off the nest and hand fed them at Paignton zoo before releasing them on the Lizard peninsula to increase the range. Farmer at Berry Head now plants a field of oats or barley and leaves it for them to over winter on, draws in a lot of yellow hammer and finches as well. Paid for by a local developer as part of the planning permission. Also built a barn just for the greater horseshoe bats.
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That’s a success story. I haven’t been there for years but they were confined to a very small area when the conservation work started, when I last went. I see they are now spread all along that bit of coast! Berry head is a fair way away.