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Feed your Batmania with Trust’s dark nights
With The Dark Knight in its fourth week as the UK’s most popular movie, the National Trust for Scotland is giving visitors the chance to learn more about bats – the creatures that inspired Bruce Wayne’s crime-fighting alter-ego.
With The Dark Knight in its fourth week as the UK’s most popular movie, the National Trust for Scotland is giving visitors the chance to learn more about bats – the creatures that inspired Bruce Wayne’s crime-fighting alter-ego.
The fascinating creatures are resident at many of the conservation charity’s properties. Throughout the next few months there are plenty of opportunities for visitors to learn more about these tiny, nocturnal animals.
Threave Garden in Dumfries and Galloway is one of the best properties to spot bats, with seven different species based there. Culzean Castle and Country Park in Ayrshire, Crathes Castle in Aberdeenshire and Hill of Tarvit in Fife are also home to thriving populations.
Mr Lindsay Mackinlay, Nature Conservation Adviser is the conservation charity’s bat expert. He said:
“Bats are absolutely fascinating creatures and are badly misunderstood. People don’t need to be afraid of these highly-gifted small mammals which often set up home in our houses and trees. We need to get past old myths and see bats in a different light. How many mammals fly and use echolocation technology to catch food?
“However, unless we work together to conserve these animals, my children will be lucky if they can watch bats flitting about the skies at dusk in the future. They are one of the easiest animals to watch and it’s no coincidence that many of our most popular guided walks are those that go out looking for bats.”
There are bat-related events planned at Trust properties across Scotland for the next few months. Highlights include:
Bat Detectives, Inverewe Garden, Ross-shire – Monday 25 August, 8pm. For booking and information, call 01445 781229.
Bat Walk, David Livingstone Centre, nr Blantyre – Thursday 28 August and Thursday 18 September, 8.15pm. For booking and information, call 0844 493 2207.
Bat Weekend, Culzean Castle and Country Park, Ayrshire - Friday 29 and Saturday 30 August, 7.30pm. For booking and information, call 0844 493 2149.
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Garden: 1 Jan to 16 Mar, daily 10–3; 17 Mar to 31 Oct, 9.30- 8 or sunset if earlier (last entry 5pm, or 6pm 5 May to 31 Aug); 1 Nov to 31 Dec, daily 10-3. Visitor Centre and Shop: 17 Mar to 4 May, daily 9.30-5; 5 May to 31 Aug, daily 9.30-6; 1 to 30 Sep, daily 9.30–5; 1 to 31 Oct, daily 10–4.
Restaurant: 17 Mar to 4 May, daily 10-5; 5 May to 31 Aug, daily 10-5.30; 1 to 30 Sep, daily 10-5; 1 to 31 Oct, daily 10-4.
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