What are Barbastelle Bats?                    The barbastelle bat (Barbastella barbastellus), one of the UK’s rarest mammals, is primarily a woodland species, the colonies of which usually roost within ancient woodland trees. There are only a small number of known colonies of this species in Cambridgeshire, one of which is within woodland around the National Trust property at Wimpole. Barbastelle … Continue reading Barbastelle Bats: are they important when considering the EWR route?