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- More details on IHBC’s next Virtual Council… on ‘Conservation Officers & Services’, from COGs and careers to retrofit, resources, recruitment & more, 8 April, 4.30pm 27/03/2026
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Lock-side Pill Boxes transformed to create new homes for bats
image for illustration: Common Pipistrelle, Égoïté, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Canal & River Trust has given World War II pill boxes on the Kennet & Avon Canal in Berkshire a new lease of life as homes for … Continue reading
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