{"id":636,"date":"2017-01-03T16:22:22","date_gmt":"2017-01-03T16:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/?p=636"},"modified":"2018-09-19T12:12:35","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T12:12:35","slug":"north-devon-bat-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/03\/north-devon-bat-care\/","title":{"rendered":"North Devon Bat Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-639\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/NorthDevonBatCA-300x290.jpg\" alt=\"North Devon Bat Care Logo\" width=\"250\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/NorthDevonBatCA-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/NorthDevonBatCA-150x145.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/NorthDevonBatCA-320x309.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/NorthDevonBatCA-375x363.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/NorthDevonBatCA-600x580.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/NorthDevonBatCA.jpg 638w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>This quarter (<span>October \u2013 December 2016<\/span>) we supported<span>\u00a0<\/span><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.northdevonbatcare.co.uk\/\">North Devon Bat Care.<\/a><\/u><\/h4>\n<p>This small bat rescue organisation started in 2013 expecting to rehabilitate 30 bats a year. However it grew very rapidly, due to the much higher levels of bats needing support. So far in 2016 over 100 bats have been rescued from the North Devon area and the larger flight pen which was opened in April 2016 has allowed a further 75 bats, some from as far away as Bristol, to come for rehabilitation and flight training before being returned for release. The rescue and rehabilitation centre is run by mother of four Samantha Pickering who just wanted to give something back to nature, with help from local volunteers. Her ongoing educational work and fundraising stands help to keep the bat rescue operational and to keep local awareness levels high.<\/p>\n<p>Our donation will purchase a new incubator to help Samantha to rear orphaned bats.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery gallery-636 style-standard'><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01550227-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Rescued, abandoned Brown long-eared bat pup (Plecotus auritus) eating a waxworm, North Devon Bat Care, Barnstaple, Devon, UK, August\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01550227-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01550227-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01550227-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01550227-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01550227.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01550227-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01550227-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01550227-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01550227-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01550227-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Rescued, abandoned Brown long-eared bat pup (Plecotus auritus) eating a waxworm, North Devon Bat Care, Barnstaple, Devon, UK, August\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01542094-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Rescued Leisler&#039;s bat \/ Lesser noctule (Nyctalus leisleri) having its recovery and ability to fly tested in a flight cage by Samantha Pickering at dusk, before being released back to the wild, North Devon Bat Care, Barnstaple, Devon, UK, June 2016.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01542094-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01542094-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01542094-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01542094-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01542094.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01542094-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01542094-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01542094-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01542094-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01542094-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Rescued Leisler&#039;s bat \/ Lesser noctule (Nyctalus leisleri) having its recovery and ability to fly tested in a flight cage by Samantha Pickering at dusk, before being released back to the wild, North Devon Bat Care, Barnstaple, Devon, UK, June 2016.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery -->\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This quarter (October \u2013 December 2016) we supported\u00a0North Devon Bat Care. This small bat rescue organisation started in 2013 expecting to rehabilitate 30 bats a year. However it grew very rapidly, due to the much higher levels of bats needing support. So far in 2016 over 100 bats have been rescued from the North Devon&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/03\/north-devon-bat-care\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"button\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[128,5],"tags":[13,109,110,111],"class_list":["post-636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-donations","category-conservation","tag-conservation","tag-bat","tag-devon","tag-north-devon-bat-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=636"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":642,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636\/revisions\/642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}