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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Chiara Giordano

National Trust acquires Dorset ‘speed-dating’ bat caves which attract thousands of animals each year

©Hugh Clark/National Trust/Bat Conservation Trust

The National Trust has bought a 350-acre farm on Dorset’s Jurassic Coast that includes a set of “speed dating” caves, which attract thousands of bats every year.

The 4.4-mile stretch of coastline is home to the Winspit caves, where 15 of Britain’s native bat species flock each autumn for a night of mating.

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