By Jonathan AmosBBC Science Correspondent
25 January 2018
The UK's bats are holding their own,
according to the most recent national survey.
Of the 18 resident species, most are growing
in number or are stable.
It is evidence that protective measures
introduced in recent years are working, the Bat Conservation Trust says.
However, the group cautions that the status
of all populations needs to be viewed in the context of major declines that
occurred during the 20th Century.
"There has been so much conservation
action in recent years, along with legislation, that we would have hoped to see
some sort of positive response," said Phil Briggs, the trust's monitoring
manager.
"It's thought that bats have not yet
recovered to their historic levels but it's good to see some bats going in the
right direction," he told BBC News.
The latest State of
UK's Bats report was compiled with the help of more than 1,200 citizen
scientists.
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