Special bridges to help bats with their flight path have been built as part of a £42m road scheme in Cornwall. The two so-called "bat bridges" on the Dobwalls bypass are to help the protected creatures use their sonar to find their way to their roosts.
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The bridges
are to stop them from becoming confused as a result of the hedges' removal and help them continue to fly their usual route. Two bridges - costing a total of £250,000 and made out of steel wire and netting stretched in a V-shape