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BREAKINGBanwell, Somerset, England

18 August 2025 — A parish council in Banwell, England, agrees — each time unanimously — to buy ten bat boxes, four swift boxes and four hedgehog houses.

The hedgehog houses are to be built by the local 'Men's Shed'.
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イングランドのバンウェル教区会が、コウモリの巣箱10個、アマツバメ用の巣箱4個、ハリネズミの小屋4個を買うことを、それぞれ全会一致で決めた。

On 18 August 2025 the parish council of Banwell, in Somerset in south-west England, acting on a proposal from its environment working group, agreed to three purchases, each unanimously.

Up to ten bat boxes (a cap of 2,500 pounds), up to four double swift chambers (a cap of 1,000 pounds), and up to four hedgehog houses (a cap of 400 pounds). The hedgehog houses are to be built jointly with the local woodworking group, the 'Men's Shed'.

The original proposal had been for more boxes, but the numbers were trimmed before the decision. Banwell is a village about eight kilometres east-south-east of Weston-super-Mare.

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