Monthly Archives: October 2011

A bizarre way to celebrate Halloween

364 days of the year, you could not hope to meet a person more dedicated to bats and their conservation than Danny Fellman.  He has initiated a number of projects to raise awareness about bats, and  for Halloween  he has … Continue reading

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Bat storming day organised by Bat Conservation Trust

For the past 5 years the Bedfordshire Bat Group has been working closely with BCT on the Count Bat outreach project. We were one of their pilot projects and have been doing follow up work ever since. Count Bat Project … Continue reading

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The captive noctule conquers the world ( again)

It has been a busy couple of days for the captive Noctule. On Thursday she went over to Sandy to meet 26 very keen brownies when we gave a talk about bats. We included a bit about halloween and where … Continue reading

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Overwintering bats

When a bat is brought into care, our aim is always to release it back into the wild if it is at all possible. This year we had two injured bats care quite late in the season. One of these … Continue reading

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Final swarming survey of the year

  11th October saw a brave group of bat group folk wrapped up against the cold waiting to see if any bats would come into our nets at another of our swarming sites. The  weather was against them really as … Continue reading

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Count Bat Project – the final phase

Jude has been on the steering group for this project run by the Bat Conservation Trust for the last three years. It is now in its final stages and the Count Bat Officers are compiling a resource pack which  contains … Continue reading

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Talk for Blenheim Christian fellowship

We were invited to do this talk following our walk for Sight Concern at Stockgrove Country Park.  One of the people who attended was a lady from this group. On her recommendation three other ladies came to the overcrowded bat … Continue reading

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Talk to Caddington Scouts

Angie and Tanya went to Caddington to do a talk and run a mask making session with the local scout group

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Mist netting at Swiss Garden

The bat group were invited to mist net in the gardens at Swiss Garden. This beautiful site is even more impressive as night falls.  The peacocks hang up in the trees and watched us somewhat doubtfully. The local owls called … Continue reading

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A trip down South

Two of us were invited to Avon to watch Daniel Hargreaves harp trapping bats at the entrance to a stone quarry a well known swarming site. It is thought that males gather there in the hope of attracting females – … Continue reading

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