Police ‘Batman’ praised for saving protected species from rogue developer

West Midlands Police’s very own Batman has been praised by wildlife groups for saving an endangered colony from the rafters of a mansion set for demolition. Wildlife Crime Officer PC Andy Timmins stepped in to stop development at a £1-million manor in Hampton-in-Arden where several rare species – including Natterer’s bats, Soprano Pipistrelles and Brown Long-Eared bats – and had been found roosting in a loft space.They were identified following an ecological su