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Timberwise were delighted to help out with a woodworm infestation at Fountains Hall country house in North Yorkshire recently

The impressive grade 1 listed Fountains Hall belongs to the National Trust. The National Trust and our team of woodworm specialists from Timberwise Leeds had more than just common furniture beetle to consider in the roof area. The roof area of the hall also provided a home to Brown Long Eared bats and Pipistrelle bats - as bats are legally protected great care had to be taken when considering treating the timbers.

Working in conjunction with John Drewett Ecology Timberwise were able to determine the best time of year to carry out treatments to the timbers as well as making sure that there was as little disruption as possible to the winged residents!

The Law and Bats

All bats and their roosts are protected by law throughout the UK. In general it is an offence to:

- Deliberately capture, injure or kill a bat

- Deliberately disturb bats in a way that would significantly affect their local distribution or abundance, or affect their ability to survive, breed or rear young

- Damage or destroy a roost (this is an absolute offence – claiming that you didn’t know it was there is no defence)

Further information on what to do if you find bats roosting in your property can be found on the Bat Conservation Trust website. For further advice on woodworm check out our woodworm pages or give us a call on 0800 288 8660.