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Links
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Links have been subdivided as follows:
Organisations
Links to the home page of the organisation listed.
This list includes national, international and local groups with whom we have links
Friends and Family - see right and column
As I browse the internet, sometimes sites just jump out and grab me.
Organisations
National and International
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The first port of call for information about bats in Great Britain. The Bat Conservation Trust also runs a 24 hour helpline to provide expert advice on all aspects of bat conservation.They completely revamped their website in Spring 2008 and it is now much more accessible. Helpline number is 0845 1300 228. |
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Bat Conservation International. A huge American site with a massive archive of articles |
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The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds has its headquarter at the Lodge at Sandy. We have ben carrying out regular surveys there since 2007 |
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The Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Peterborough Wildlife Trust is the largest charity working for the conservation of wildlife and wild spaces within the three counties. |
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If you are a group who want to encourage participation by groups who don't usually get involved with things environmental you'd do a lot worse then have a look at the Black Environmental website. They helped us with the 2007 Count Bat Project. They are passionate about what they do, have loads of experience and are really helpful. http://www.ben-network-org-uk |
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You can't do better than this site if you want lucid authoritative information about the bats of the British Isles |
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An excellent source of on line information about wildlife in the news, including bats, can be found at http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/newspaper |
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Other Bat groups
BCT has a complete list of all the bat groups in the British Isles. at http://www.bats.org.uk/bat_group.php.
The Bedfordshire Bat Group has working links with the following
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The Herts and Middlesex bat group have offered us the use of their flight cage. We've done some joint work with them in the past and have been known to gate crash their indoor meetings on occasions |
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The Cambridgeshire Bat Group and the Bedfordshire Bat Group do a lot of work together including tracking barbastelles, hibernaculum checking and generally taking the mick. We've also done some joint training sessions. http://www.cambsbats.co.uk |
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In 2005 the Bedfordshire Bat Group finally got round to working with the North Bucks Bat Group to hunt barbastelles on the Beds/Bucks border. They rapidly got up to speed on micky taking - and we've found already been successful in finding barbastelles, though at the moment they are mainly confined to the Beds side of the border. http://www.northbucksbatgroup.org.uk |
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We met Derek Smith of the Surrey bat group on holiday in Brazil and have stayed in contact ever since. They have been very helpful in giving us advice on planning applications and supplying us with excellent pictures of bats http://www.surreybats.org.uk/ |
| Warwickshire Bat Group | The Warwickshire Bat Group has a well established, wide ranging and authoritative site. A first class source of information http://www.warksbats.co.uk. In 2009, they are pursuing barbastelles |
| Somerset Bat Group | Far too busy with their horseshoes to have a website, but incredibly welcoming when we descended on them in May 2009 for a weekend bat spotting .Thhey have offered us access to a flight . cage and provided us with advice when we were planning projects We just about forgive them their rich bat populations. |
Local Groups
These are organisations with a local focus
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The Greensand Trust is an independent environmental charity that works with local communities and landowners to conserve and promote the distinctive landscape, wildlife and history of the Greensand Ridge, and to improve access, understanding and enjoyment of this fascinating area. Most of our best bat sites are on the Greensand Ridge including Stockgrove Country Park which he have been surveying for twenty years. |
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The Bedfordshire Natural History Society endeavours to cover all branches of natural history particularly in relation to Bedfordshire. The Bat group is affiliated to it, produces an annual bat report for it's journal The Bedfordshire Naturalist. It provides support towards our every day running costs and has in the past given us a grant for equipment Now available on the Bedfordshire History Site Grab a Grid Reference Duo You can also download the Socierty's magaxine The Munjac from t |
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The Bedfordshire moth group site is a labour of love with some amazing photos of the creatures bats like to lunch on www.vc30moths.org In 2008 they were looking at the moths eaten by brown long eared bats |
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Bedfordshire Wildlife Rescue, based in Leighton Buzzard, does what it says on the tin, and provides care for a wide range of injured wildlife. www.wildlife-rescue.org |
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The Community Tree Trust is a charity which collects seeds from native plant species, grows them on and sells them to the public. They hold regular collection days. dates for which are in the latest edition of their newsletter which is posted on their website |
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The bat group works closely with Whpsnade Zoo both with their hibernaculum project and by carrying out monthly surveys during the bat season. http://www.zsl.org/zsl-whipsnade-zoo/ |
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The Bedfordshire Bird club keeps an eye for for bats and in return we keep an eye out for owls It has to be said they are better at finding bats than we are owls - but we do try http://www.bedsbirdclub.org.uk/. |
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BedsLife is a partnership of organisations promoting nature and biodiversity conservation in Bedfordshire and Luton. We include government, local authorities and conservation groups. We are guided by the Bedfordshire and Luton Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP), launched in 2001.
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Other nice sites
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The Bats of Barro Colarado Island Panama I came across this after we got back from Brazil in August 2007. I wish we'd found it before we went. The photos are excellent. They also have some video footage. Well worth a visit. http://143.50.159.50 |
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Gerry Carter is an American who describes himself as a bat bum bum ( as in(n): a person who makes a living by begging; a hobo or vagabond; an enthusiast of a specific recreational activity, esp. one who gives it priority over work, family life, etc.) At the very least,check out his bat photos. http://batbum.googlepages.com/ |