A large-scale study of the Laambroek ponds area shows that ten species of bats live and there is a maternity colony of long-eared bats under a bridge under the railway. And that's a lot for our region. That is why the area will be optimized for bats with the pump house as an important part of the exercise: vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2023/11/15/vleermuisproducten-houthalen-helchteren

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Nature area Laambroekvijvers is located between the industrial area 'Centrum Zuid' and the railway Hasselt-Mol in Houthalen-Helchteren. The large pond with a length of 700 m was originally intended to …

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