Monthly Archives: January 2012

Bedfordshire Bat Group Reduces Child to tears!

Last night we were giving a talk for a beaver group. I used a talk I had used many times before and which has e sween by literally thousands of youngsters. So I was a bit nonplussed when on putting … Continue reading

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White nose syndrome reported in Europe

White nose syndrome has had a devestating effect on cave dwelling American bats.  We know that the causative agent in a fungus called Geomyces destructans. http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/disease_information/white-nose_syndrome/ We knew that this fungus was present in Europe but Europeann bats seemed to … Continue reading

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Gearing up for the new season

This is what passes as the quiet time of year. We’ve had another flurry of bookings for talks. Looking at the diary we are booked to do five in the next month, which is a lot for February. So must … Continue reading

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BCT Bat Care Course

The Bat Conservation Trust has just put pdfs of some of the talks at the Autumn Bat Care Conference  onto their website. These will be of interest to any one involved in bat care. Bat care is very demanding and … Continue reading

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New Brown long eared bat roost

A householder was having trouble with mice chewing through cables and called in  pest control firm. As well as mouse droppings  they also found bat droppings. We went over to have a look and though there were no bats to … Continue reading

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Brown long eared bat in a bat box

Just had to share this picture taken by Aidan Matthews during a box checking session in June  last year.

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Chinese Year of the Dragon and the international year of the Bat

This year is the Chines Year of the Dragon and it is also the International Year of the Bat I just loved this card . Bats are a sign of good fortune in China and nd were often embroidered onto … Continue reading

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Another bat out and about in January

Talking to a bat group member he reports a bat flying outside  his home last night, not totally unusual for this time of time of year. What Was impressive was that his daughter Hazel heard it without a bat detector. … Continue reading

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The Count Bat Resource Pack launched

The Bedfordshire Bat group was a pilot project for the Bat Conservation Trust’s Count Bat project. Since then we have been working in Bedford, mainly with the Priory Park Rangers, to run  numerous events., The Count Bat Team and its … Continue reading

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January HIbernation Survey

This winter has been milder than last year’s, so we weren’t expecting  high numbers when we did the January survey. But we were wrong. Numbers were good again with 150 bats in all and surveyors will tell you it was … Continue reading

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