{"id":23488,"date":"2023-01-11T10:14:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T09:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/?post_type=purple_issue&#038;p=23488"},"modified":"2023-01-12T10:23:12","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T09:23:12","slug":"poo-corner-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/2023\/01\/11\/poo-corner-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Poo corner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-full-subhead has-ccp-secondary-dark-color has-text-color\"><strong>ID GUIDE <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center\">Long-eared bats <\/h4>\n\n<div class=\"no-tts wp-block-image article-in-image photo\"><figure class=\"no-tts aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/01\/2-2-1024x810.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-24046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/01\/2-2-1024x810.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/01\/2-2-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/01\/2-2-768x608.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/01\/2-2.jpg 1494w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Brown long-eared bat (right) droppings are more crumbly than mouse droppings <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">When surveying for bats, droppings are a key indication of presence. Although there can be subtle differences between species, sometimes DNA analysis is required, which is the case when trying to tell apart brown longeared bat and grey long-eared bat droppings. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Claire Boothby, Bats in Churches Project training and survey officer, says, \u201cThe grey long-eared bat is one of the rarest mammals in Britain with a populaton estimated to be as low as 1,000 individuals, so every new roost we find is of importance.\u201d <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"sans-serif article-byline\"><strong>Megan <\/strong><strong>Shersby <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"footer\">PHOTOS: BAT: HUGH CLARK\/BATS.ORG.UK; DROPPINGS: ANNE YOUNGMAN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ID GUIDE Long-eared bats When surveying for bats, droppings are a key indication of presence. Although there can be subtle differences between species, sometimes DNA analysis is required, which is the case when trying to tell apart brown longeared bat and grey long-eared bat droppings. Claire Boothby, Bats in Churches Project training and survey officer, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":24047,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ub_ctt_via":"","purple_page_number":"30","purple_custom_meta_purple_page_number":"30","purple_seq_number":"2","purple_custom_meta_purple_seq_number":"2","purple_source_article":"article_30-2.xml","purple_custom_meta_purple_source_article":"article_30-2.xml","purple_source_issue":"February-2023","purple_custom_meta_purple_source_issue":"February-2023","purple_external_id":"February-2023-30-2","purple_custom_meta_purple_external_id":"February-2023-30-2","purple_issue_code":"|0000087240||","purple_custom_meta_purple_issue_code":"|0000087240||","purple_android_product":"com.im.wildlife.500","purple_custom_meta_purple_android_product":"com.im.wildlife.500","purple_ios_product":"com.im.wildlife.500","purple_custom_meta_purple_ios_product":"com.im.wildlife.500","purple_web_product":"","purple_custom_meta_purple_web_product":"","purple_publication_id":"58d61955-0ac4-406c-83f1-ab6f21d86b70","purple_migrated":"","kt_blocks_editor_width":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2023-01-12T09:18:26Z","apple_news_article-theme":"","apple_news_api_id":"277af3bd-6315-4c31-a560-0b0e14c438cc","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2023-01-12T09:23:16Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AJ3rzvWMVTDGlYAsOFMQ4zA","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":true,"apple_news_is_preview":true,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_article_theme":"","apple_news_sections":"[]"},"categories":[25],"tags":[14],"apple_news_notices":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/01\/Brown-Long-Eared_01_Hugh-Clark-www.bats_.org_.uk_cmyk_preview-scaled.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1","apple_news_title":""},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/01\/Brown-Long-Eared_01_Hugh-Clark-www.bats_.org_.uk_cmyk_preview-scaled.jpg",2560,1736,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/01\/Brown-Long-Eared_01_Hugh-Clark-www.bats_.org_.uk_cmyk_preview-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/01\/Brown-Long-Eared_01_Hugh-Clark-www.bats_.org_.uk_cmyk_preview-300x203.jpg",300,203,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/01\/Brown-Long-Eared_01_Hugh-Clark-www.bats_.org_.uk_cmyk_preview-768x521.jpg",768,521,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/01\/Brown-Long-Eared_01_Hugh-Clark-www.bats_.org_.uk_cmyk_preview-1024x694.jpg",800,542,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/01\/Brown-Long-Eared_01_Hugh-Clark-www.bats_.org_.uk_cmyk_preview-1536x1041.jpg",1536,1041,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/01\/Brown-Long-Eared_01_Hugh-Clark-www.bats_.org_.uk_cmyk_preview-2048x1389.jpg",2048,1389,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"ID GUIDE Long-eared bats When surveying for bats, droppings are a key indication of presence. 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