Article: Bat fever hits hotel; Site's boxes to encourage mammals.(News)

Article: Bringing back insect control: Build a back-yard bat box
The Boston Globe;  June 14, 1992 ;     700+ words ......mosquitoes and other insects. Build or buy a bat box and nail it to a tree in your yard. There are a lot of bat boxes, and bat box plans around, and building one would be a nice day's project. Bat box sales have increased considerably in the past...

Article: ASK ALICE: Do you have an interiors dilemma? Consult our resident specialist.(Features)
The Independent (London, England);  June 1, 2005 ;     485 words ......bat in my London garden and want to buy a bat box to encourage it to stay. Where can I find...centre in Herefordshire. Choose between a basic bat box (pounds 12), or the more elegant oak bat box (pounds 24), which has two chambers, making...

Article: Children build habitats for bats.(News)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  March 4, 2002 ;     318 words ......said, looking over their nearly completed bat box. But some splintered wood and a couple...pounding nails and drilling holes in the bat box kits prearranged by Garfield Farm board...over the hammer and built their first bat box. We do a lot of building in our family...

Article: Grow your Own.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  May 7, 2005 ;     698 words ......GEMS-BABY COLD FRAME WILLOW WIGWAM BAT BOX Chris's weekly selection of the best...pounds sterling]208. WHY not put up a bat box to help encourage bats into your garden...organiccatalog. com. Price for a double-chamber bat box [pounds sterling]19.95.

Article: Council goes in to bat to boost declining species
Yorkshire Post;  March 30, 2004 ;     264 words ......also being asked to provide places for bats to roost or shelter by putting up a bat box, or train climbers up a fence or wall. The council's "bat packs" - a bat box and an information booklet - are available from Tapton Lock Visitor Centre on 01246...

Article: Bat box bomb scare
The Northern Echo;  May 4, 2007 ;     44 words ...A SUSPICIOUS package that led to the evacuation of homes and the partial closure of a main road turned out to be a bat box. An Army bomb disposal team was called in to detonate the gadget set up beside the A23 at Pease Pottage, West Sussex, amid fears that it contained explosives.

Article: Out to lunch, and every scrap goes
Bath Chronicle, The;  January 15, 2009 ;     251 words ......Pupils at Kingswood Preparatory have been presented with a bat box after taking packed lunches on a school trip that were completely...teaching are getting through." The children were presented with a bat box, made from recycled timber, as their prize because they are...

Article: Getting to know bats a bit better
Belfast Telegraph;  June 3, 2009 ;     148 words ......the city through a series of volunteer workshops, withy the bat box at Wednesday . A spokeswoman said: "Bats have suffered from...change people's perception of these amazing mammals through its Bat Box Challenge Event on June 7 from 11am to 1pm." Registration is...

Article: Bat causes a flap with experts by setting up home in Lothians
Evening News - Scotland;  December 29, 2008 ;     186 words ......after finding one of Britain's largest bat species roosting in a bat box for the first time. Members of the Lothian Bat Group were amazed...warming. He said: "Finding a single female noctule bat in a bat box in Midlothian is unprecedented. "Noctule bats have never been...

Article: Bat box bid by winged crusaders; CAMPAIGN.(News)
The Mirror (London, England);  June 5, 2008 ;     101 words ......under the Wildlife Act (1976) and the EU Habitats Directive. The Clare Bat Group has organised a series of events including bat-walks and bat workshops at bat box locations in Flagmount, Ennis, Kilrush, O'Briensbridge and Two Mile Gate/Ballycuggeran.

Article: Batty, but practical.(News)
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  February 13, 2003 ;     44 words ...NATURE-lovers are being invited to a country park on the outskirts of Nuneaton with the message: Bring a hammer. Volunteers are being asked to build a bat box to put up at Hartshill Hayes Country Park. The event takes place at the park's Visitor Centre on Sunday, February 23, at 9am.

Article: GOING BATTY: JUNE 21
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 19, 2008 ;     72 words ......Proving Ground released the following issue of APG News: Bats are important to the health of the environment and gardens. Make a bat box to take home. This program will be held 11 a.m. to noon for ages 8 to adult. Ages 8 to 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Cost...

Article: IN BRIEF: Fun for the family.(News)
Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England);  September 14, 2007 ;     37 words ...A FAMILY fun day has been organised at Fairy Dell in Coulby Newham, just off Gunnergate Lane. The event will include guided walks, face painting, wood turning and bat box making and will take place on Saturday September 15 from 11am-3pm.

Article: City swoops with bat box bid to beat midges
Evening News - Scotland;  August 5, 2002 ;     231 words ......officers were on hand to advise customers where and how to position the boxes. "I would urge people with a garden to purchase a bat box while we are making them available at such a nominal price," he said. "Not only will they be able to help attract these beautiful...