Bat Bridges?!

[Cyker]

Wat

[FROSTYBALLS]

Used to be one by us on the A452 Chester Road (Little Aston area), but got taken down a few years ago. Seemed a bit batty ....

[Rhymes with Paris]

Lincs highways proposed one over the A46 a couple of years ago, at the planning meeting it was rejected straight off the bat.

[Primus1]

Not sure I like the title of the new batman film, when’s it out?

[Moleman]

10 hours ago, Cyker said:

Wat

Quite a few of these on the roads around Norwich and the airport.

They were not cheap, do they work? Who knows!!

[AndyN01]

Totally accept that it's not great to lose significant natural habitats and wildlife but there are "needs" that we have to address.

Perhaps we (the taxpayer) should go back to whoever provided the "information/report/evidence" to support the idea and "recover" the £350K (+ all subsequent/additional costs) as "not fit for purpose" and spend it elsewhere?

Maybe that might focus the minds of those that are in the business of providing these sort of reports that they are, in fact, liable for their advice and the veracity, or lack of it.

Something along the lines of a very old phrase - put your money where your mouth is. Or maybe that's just a batty idea 🤔😂

Andy.

[Bper]

£350,000 for a bat bridge,whoever came up with this idea was Robin the taxpayer.  😂

[+Steve]

hedgehog catapult next.. bats can fly dammit. lol

[Rhymes with Paris]

3 hours ago, Steve said:

hedgehog catapult next.. bats can fly dammit. lol

When I worked on the Maldon bypass in the 80s there were wildlife tunnels incorporated into the design.

Very little extra cost, mainly just laying 600mm drain pipes in the sub base, and of course the tiny little traffic lights either end to let the hedgehogs , foxes etc know if the tunnel had something coming the other way.

[FROSTYBALLS]

3 minutes ago, Rhymes with Paris said:

When I worked on the Maldon bypass in the 80s there were wildlife tunnels incorporated into the design.

Similar to the Skye Bridge - although the tunnels were for otters.

[Rhymes with Paris]

5 hours ago, FROSTYBALLS said:

Similar to the Skye Bridge - although the tunnels were for otters.

I've not seen an otter 🦦 in real life, but would very much like to, beautiful creatures I think.

 

[FROSTYBALLS]

We've seen them from a distance. On Skye they have a hide at Kylerhea where you can view the coastline below for otters, and that's where we've seen them. Need binos though.

[Cyker]

They look very cute but have teeth like razor-needles!  

[Rhymes with Paris]

5 minutes ago, Cyker said:

They look very cute but have teeth like razor-needles!  

Aye it seems best to just watch them if you get the chance, not go otter bothering.

Many years ago as callow yoof, I went swan bothering, well more rescuing than bothering, although the swans didn't see it that way.

I belonged to a local canoe club at the time, and the poor swans had become covered in oil and diesel from the spills from boats in the what is called the marina now, but back then was a bit rough and ready.

The local RSPCA captured them and cleaned them up after the canoes corralled them one at a time to where they could be got hold of with as little distress as possible.

That was the first time I got my picture in the local paper, unfortunately the next time my picture was featured in media,it was on crimewatch.

[Cyker]

Wow you really did live dangerously! Apparently swans can be quite bitey too   Also noisy...

 

 

[Rhymes with Paris]

10 minutes ago, Cyker said:

Wow you really did live dangerously! Apparently swans can be quite bitey too   Also noisy...

Oh aye, pushing the envelope right to the edge all the time back then.

There was even that old chestnut going round about don't go near a swan, they can break your arm.

Although after many years being around swans, I have never met anyone who had their arm broken by one.

Even by the pair that nested right next to a fairly quiet road here in town,it is not so much a river, although very close to the Witham, more a large storm drain.

A large structure with plenty of twigs and weeds, could have been better sited, but I think they got off a few cygnets ok.

 

 

[Cyker]

Were these Cygnets of the Aston Martin V8 variety or...?

[Rhymes with Paris]

1 minute ago, Cyker said:

Were these Cygnets of the Aston Martin V8 variety or...?

Well, one has to keep on the Toyota theme, doesn't one.

[Primus1]

I see a water otter every day, I use it to make my cup of tea…

[Mjolinor]

7 hours ago, Primus1 said:

I see a water otter every day, I use it to make my cup of tea…

Can I help you with your coat please.