Boho Caves

[5] The rock strata at Boho Caves date from the Asbian substage of the Carboniferous period, estimated to be around 325 million years old.

In wetter conditions, water flows into the cave system via several routes including the Main Sink entrance, which can sump and overflow into the nearby field shakeholes.

[8] Boho is a cave much used by guided educational parties studying the local environment and by casual visitors, but exploration should never be undertaken lightly.

[14] The main biospeleological interest in the Boho area is the population of approximately 50 Daubenton's or Water Bats (Myotis daubentonii) which roost in the Upper Ravine Cave.

Lass of the University of Nottingham (in Hazelton, 1974) made extensive faunal collections in Boho Caves which included the identification of the troglobitic Springtail (Schaefferia emucronata).

[5] Phil Chapman cites the collection of a stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) from Boho and the Field Shake Holes and Southern Series have been observed to support a large spider population (Meta menardi).

Schaefferia emucronata