Agenda item

Report of the Director of Open Spaces.

Members considered a report of the Director of Open Spaces on a Bats in Trees Policy and the following comments were made.

·         The Superintendent confirmed that the Open Spaces Department employed a bat ecologist.

·         The policy was restricted to bats in trees as this was within the remit of the Open Spaces Department. It did not cover bats in buildings within the Park as these fell within the remit of the City Surveyor’s Department.

·         A qualified bat handler was not based at the Park itself but was on call from the wider North London Open Spaces Team.