Bedfordshire Bat Group

 

Frequently asked questions

BCT logoIf you need immediate help with a bat query, please contact the Bat Conservation Trust's 24 hour National Bat Helpline on 0845 1300 228 or try their website at www.bats.org.uk. They can pass queries on to us.

If it less urgent then e mail us at batsinbeds@fsmail.net.

We check the inbox once a day

If you need immediate help with a bat query, please contact the Bat Conservation Trust's 24 hour National Bat Helpline on 0845 1300 228 or try their website at www.bats.org.uk.

They can pass queries on to us

 

If you need immediate help with a bat query, please contact the Bat Conservation Trust's 24 hour National Bat Helpline on 0845 1300 228 or try their website at www.bats.org.uk.

They can pass queries on to us

 

 

 

Frequently asked questions- An overview

Bat with pencil


Below are some of the things we get asked most often. Just click on the blue question to get an answer.

Illustration (c) Joan Childs

Bat Boxes
Bat Care
Bat craft ideas I want to make a bat themed item - any suggestions?
Bat detectors
Bats in my house
Bat records

I've been counting bats, who wants to know? We do
as may The Bat Conservation Trust National Bat Monitoring Programme

Books about bats
Grounded Bats
Identifying bats

How can you tell what sort a bat is when it is so small and so far away?(PDF)

Have a look at Bats in Beds

Resources for children's activities Ideas for activities with youngsters. Adults will enjoy these too

 

Bat Biology

Oct 2005
Bat pollination (PDF) April 2009
Courtship behaviours in bats (PDF) Jan 2007
Identifying bats from quite a long way away (PDF) Apr 2006
Pregnancy and Birth (PDF) Apr 2006
Sperm storage in bats (PDF) Jan 2006
Why don't bats get cramp hanging upside down?


 

This page was last updated| April 2010 (c) Bedfordshire Bat Group 2009