{"id":31118,"date":"2021-09-10T16:30:05","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T15:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=31118"},"modified":"2021-09-10T16:30:53","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T15:30:53","slug":"national-trust-adapts-oxburgh-halls-roof-tiles-for-bats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=31118","title":{"rendered":"National Trust adapts Oxburgh Hall’s roof tiles for bats"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"New roof tiles fitted to a Grade I listed 15th Century manor house have been adapted to stop bats slipping off.<\/h3>\n

image: for illustration purposes only<\/em><\/h6>\n

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\u2026tiles were coated with paint mixed with sand of different sizes enabling the creatures to grip with their claws\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

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Oxburgh Hall in Norfolk was having its tiles replaced after they became weatherworn, cracked and damaged.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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But after bats slipped off the glaze, the tiles were coated with paint mixed with sand of different sizes enabling the creatures to grip with their claws.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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National Trust project manager David White said there were “numerous signs” of bats in roof spaces.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Conservationists selected tiles that looked the same as those used at the hall more than two centuries ago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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But experts had to develop the new non-slip coating for the tiles which were situated around 32 new bat openings on the roof….<\/p>\n

View original tweet on Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

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Mr White said: “There were signs of a maternity roost in the past, but the current use has been as day and night roosts for numbers of brown long-eared and common pipistrelle bats.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“We have worked with bat experts to create a new roost in the nearby Bell Tower and installed bat boxes in the trees on the north terrace to provide alternative roosting places whilst the roof works takes place.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Currently the bell in the Bell Tower can’t be rung, so as not to disturb the bats.”<\/p>\n

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