Chilmark Quarries
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Chilmark Quarries is a 9.65 hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest, in the ravine south of the village of Chilmark in Wiltshire, England.
Stone being worked at Chilmark, 2007
Greater horseshoe bat
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The greater horseshoe bat is an insectivorous bat of the genus Rhinolophus. Its distribution covers Europe, Northern Africa, Central Asia and Eastern Asia. It is the largest of the horseshoe bats in E
Chilmark Quarries
…western side of the valley, there is a system of caves in which up to 150 bats, of several species, roost in winter. Species which use the site include greater and lesser horseshoe bats, Daubenton's bat, Natterer's bat and Brandt's bat. The quarries have been suggested to be the largest British hibernation…
Greater horseshoe bat Hrdovicka
Skull of Rhinolophus ferrumequinum - MHNT
Woodcut from R. A. Sterndale, 1884