mrodoc
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Bunker's Hole is partly closed but the farmer won't like if you haven't paid him. There is very little passage in the 'old' cave - which is where the deceased bat is. The extension is locked securely. there is another cave in the quarry known as Shaky Cave that contains a short section of active streamway ending in undiveable sumps. Nearby is Potters Wood Mine. I know a bit about WNS as I was in the states last summer and we had to constantly disinfect our kit. Our local bat expert didn't think it was WNS and neither do I. A bat a metre away was perfectly healthy as were the other bats. LH's are highly mobile and seem to move around underground even in winter - personal observations over many years. Incidentally anybody seen any ringed bats about. It is feasible as they are long lived althugh I think the bat ringing program probably stopped decades ago. I once saw one in Reservoir Hole in 1968!