Bat boxes
Bat boxes have been built to make use of these nocturnal creatures; they seem to be plentiful around this area as they roost in the large trees to the front of the allotment.
We have made the boxes from tanalised wood so that we don’t need to wood stain the boxes, this should bring the bats straight away as they are more natural smelling.
The backboard of the box has been sawn so that the bats are able to use it as a ladder.
The boxes are positioned in a way that an approaching bat has to fly over the plots, also an exiting bat has to do the same, this will go some way to eliminating detrimental nocturnal insects.