Merry Christmas from the Orbis Ecology Team
19 December 2024
Just a quick note to wish everyone a very merry Christmas and a happy new year! It’s been a busy 2024 for Orbis Ecology with 2 new members of staff, […]
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Exeter Cathedral’s swift boxes are now in situ!
3 July 2024
Last week we were proud to support the installation of 130 swift boxes into the south tower at Exeter Cathedral. On Monday 26th June, Billie and Oliver went along […]
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Greek adventures for Team Orbis
3 July 2024
In June, Billie and Bryony to were lucky enough to travel to the Greek island of Ikaria to research the islands’ bat population with Geoff Billington, Greena Ecological Consultancy By […]
Radio tagging greater horseshoe bats in North Devon
12 April 2024
A day adventure – caves, mines, climbing kit and a steady nerve required! We have been super lucky to join up with Geoff Billington of Greena Ecological Consultancy once again. […]
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Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) Habitat Banks & Feasibility Surveys
5 April 2024
Whilst the rest of the Orbis team have recently had their fair share of ‘bat-related fun’, Oliver has been hard at work putting his Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) knowledge to […]
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Devon Swift Project – an inspiring venture to be involved in!
3 April 2024
The main aim of the Devon Swift Project is to increase the population of common swifts in Devon and beyond. Take a peek at Devon Swift Project‘s brand new website, […]
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More bat roost housekeeping for team Orbis!
28 March 2024
This week we donned our boiler suits and grabbed our brooms for a bit more bat roost housekeeping… We recently carried out a Preliminary Roost Appraisal at a site in […]
A little ‘roost’ housekeeping was much needed…
13 February 2024
Billie and Bryony pulled on their overalls got stuck in cleaning out a lot of bat poo from a very well used lesser horseshoe maternity roost last week. The home […]
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Mine Hunting in North Devon – An out of office day for the team
19 January 2024
We had a fantastic team day out in the beautiful North Devon countryside yesterday. Billie and Bryony have been volunteering with the greater horseshoe bat ringing project and we decided […]
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Greater horseshoe bat ringing project in North Devon
17 January 2024
Billie and Bryony have recently volunteered in assisting Geoff Billington with his greater horseshoe bat ringing project in North Devon Over a weekend in late November, the team of volunteers […]
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Bats ‘leapfrog’ back to roost to stay safe from predators
17 January 2024
Photograph: Marko Konig/imagebroker/Shutterstock Bats ‘leapfrog’ back to roost to stay safe from predators, study finds – The Guardian Jan 12th 2024. A team from Cardiff University and the University of […]
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Level 2 Tree Climbing Training
21 February 2023
The Orbis Ecology Team have been learning all about tree climbing! The Orbis Team have been out of the office and learning a fair few new skills this week. From […]
