Raasay Distilleryis home tothe UK’s most north-westerly population of rare brown long-eared bats,as well as a colony ofcommon pipistrellebats, which were discovered nesting in the roof of Borodale House prior to the distillery construction.
OnWednesday August 1, from7pm-11pm, the distillery will be hosting an interactive evening giving visitors the chance to learn more about the distillery’s furry friends and to help monitor their summer movements through an aer-dark ‘bat safari’.
Raasay’s nocturnal residents were carefully looked aer throughout the distillery build and were temporarily rehomed in bat boxes in the surrounding trees. When the building work was complete and it was safe to return, the bats were settled into their very own ‘bat hotel’ in Borodale House. The distillery’s ecologists, Ross Preston and Janie Steele, will chat to visitors about how they have looked aer these unusual creatures and will discuss theimportance of these curious creatures as ‘indicator species’ for any other localised environmentalproblem.