One of the Batboxes installed
Thanks to the collaboration between 'La Specola' and the Opera per Santa Maria Novella, two BatBoxes have been installed on the bell tower of the basilica in order to favor the presence of bats also in the city.
The aim of the initiative is to increase biodiversity even in urban environments, favoring a species useful for controlling nasty insects and mosquitoes in particular.
The bat shelters have been installed on the north and south walls of the bell tower, according to the instructions of chiropterologist Paolo Agnelli. In the coming months regular surveying will be carried out to monitor the colonization of bats.