Blaisdon Hall
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Example - Lesser Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros)
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 Location within Gloucestershire
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| Area of Search | Gloucestershire |
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| Grid reference | SO698170 |
| Coordinates | 51°51′04″N 2°26′21″W / 51.851222°N 2.439124°WCoordinates: 51°51′04″N 2°26′21″W / 51.851222°N 2.439124°W |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 0.07 hectare |
| Notification | 1995 |
| Natural England website | |
Blaisdon Hall (grid reference SO698170) is a 0.07-hectare (0.17-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1995.
Blaisdon Hall supports a breeding roost of Lesser horseshoe bats which consists of one fifth of the known Gloucestershire breeding population, and has been deemed by Natural England to be of national importance. The site comprises part of the roof void, roof tiles, roof timbers, the flanking walls of the Hall and the nearby workshop. Pipistrelle bats and Brown long-eared bats also are recorded using the Hall.
The site is one of a series of Sites of Special Scientific Interest within the Forest of Dean and Wye Valley (Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire). These sites support (between them) breeding and hibernation roosts for Lesser and Greater horseshoe bats. This is of European importance. Other sites in the group in Gloucestershire (all of which are SSSIs) include the breeding sites of Caerwood And Ashberry Goose House, Dean Hall Coach House & Cellar and Sylvan House Barn. Hibernation sites include Buckshraft Mine & Bradley Hill Railway Tunnel, Devil's Chapel Scowles, Old Bow And Old Ham Mines and Westbury Brook Ironstone Mine.
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