The annual bat walk and talk at the National Trust’s Clergy House took place this weekend on Friday 30th and Saturday 31st August, led by Dr Sarah Yarwood-Lovett from the Sussex Bat Group, and Principal Ecologist at the Ecology Consultancy.
The walk meandered around the glorious gardens of the Clergy House, the nearby churchyard and along the Cuckmere River, making good use of the bridge as a vantage point. The walks were fully booked and attendees using bat detectors were fortunate to hear four species of bat – common pipistrelle, soprano pipistrelle, serotine and Daubenton’s bats – and see some impressive aerial acrobatics, including a serotine flying directly overhead!
