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89:. Although the site is used year-round, it is mainly a site used for hibernation, breeding, and post-breeding dispersal. It is thought that the mines provide stable humidity and even temperatures when compared to smaller sites, and this encourages use by bats, particularly outside the breeding season.
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Special Areas of Conservation: Planning Guidance for Wiltshire
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The Mine consists of a network of tunnels, which originate from
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137:"Bath and Bradford-on-Avon Bats Special Area of Conservation"
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Biological Sites of
Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire
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Bath and
Bradford-on-Avon Bats Special Area of Conservation
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The site's chief biological interest lies in its roosting
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Sites of
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92:Up to 10% of the total British population of
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130:Natural England citation sheet for the site
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73:mining work, initially started during the
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176:– Wiltshire Council, September 2015
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40:Site of Special Scientific Interest
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677:Scratchbury & Cotley Hills
537:Langley Wood and Homan's Copse
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287:Brickworth Down and Dean Hill
562:Lower Woodford Water Meadows
392:Dank's Down and Truckle Hill
372:Colerne Park and Monk's Wood
777:Wylye and Church Dean Downs
352:Cloatley Manor Farm Meadows
312:Calstone and Cherhill Downs
75:Roman occupation of Britain
57:The site forms part of the
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467:Harries Ground, Rodbourne
377:The Coombes, Hinton Parva
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692:Starveall and Stony Down
662:Roundway Down and Covert
437:Goldborough Farm Meadows
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607:Picket and Clanger Wood
582:North Meadow, Cricklade
522:Knighton Downs and Wood
397:Distillery Farm Meadows
232:Baverstock Juniper Bank
168:Natural England website
702:Stockton Wood and Down
542:Little Grubbins Meadow
332:Chilton Foliat Meadows
297:Britford Water Meadows
42:, near the village of
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697:Steeple Langford Down
237:Bencroft Hill Meadows
94:greater horseshoe bat
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857:51.41978°N 2.23436°W
712:Stratford Toney Down
707:Stoke Common Meadows
567:Midford Valley Woods
442:Great Cheverell Hill
402:East Harnham Meadows
98:Lesser Horseshoe Bat
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717:Sutton Lane Meadows
412:Emmett Hill Meadows
382:Cotswold Water Park
327:Chickengrove Bottom
247:Bincknoll Dip Woods
81:Biological interest
862:51.41978; -2.23436
794:Neighbouring areas
752:Whiteparish Common
170:(SSSI information)
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682:Silbury Hill
602:Pewsey Downs
587:Odstock Down
527:Landford Bog
502:River Kennet
497:Jones's Mill
452:Gutch Common
432:Gallows Hill
427:Fyfield Down
407:Ebsbury Down
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823:Oxfordshire
627:Porton Down
617:Pike Corner
367:Cockey Down
362:Coate Water
257:Botley Down
118:Daubenton's
50:, England,
22:Spring Mine
881:Bat roosts
875:Categories
845:51°25′11″N
727:River Till
612:Piggledene
547:Long Knoll
447:Great Yews
114:Natterer's
104:species –
71:Bath stone
848:2°14′04″W
818:Hampshire
803:Berkshire
687:Spye Park
642:Rack Hill
592:Out Woods
462:Hang Wood
347:Cley Hill
317:Camp Down
106:Whiskered
54:in 1991.
48:Wiltshire
828:Somerset
457:Ham Hill
267:Box Mine
152:22 March
110:Brandt's
52:notified
35:ST838690
27:Box Mine
124:Sources
808:Dorset
120:bats.
102:Myotis
140:(PDF)
798:Avon
154:2022
116:and
87:bats
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44:Box
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