‘It’s bats--t’: The villagers up in arms over HS2’s £100m bat shed
The creature in question is the Bechstein’s bat, one of the UK’s rarest bat species, which thrives in a local patch of mature ...
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HS2’s £100m ‘bat shed’ protects colony of 300 that doesn’t live in same woodland
He claimed the 1km-concrete tunnel was required to mitigate the potential harm HS2 could cause to the population of Bechstein ...
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The ‘Bat Tunnel’ Is the Least of HS2’s Sins
Matthew Brooker is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering business and infrastructure. Formerly, he was an editor for Bloomberg News and the South China Morning Post. If there is a mascot for ...
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Cost of HS2 ‘bat tunnel’ 20% higher than previously thought
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The final price tag for the notorious High Speed 2 bat tunnel is on track to be a fifth higher than ...
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How to see UK bats and give them a helping hand
Steph explains, 'Bats need three things: safe roosting sites, areas to forage and commuting routes so they can travel between them. If any of these are adversely affected, then populations will ...