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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Noctule roost at Putnoe wood blows over.
Having found a new roost at the weekend, it is now time to report the loss of another one. This tree was home to some Noctules in a Bedford Wood. It has recently fallen over.( You can see from the … Continue reading
Another new bat roost.
Bat group members Martin, Polly, Mark and Mick were wandering through a wood looking for badger signs and stumbled across a likely looking roost tree. Martin just happened to have an endoscope about his person and was able to confirm … Continue reading
Jeremy Deller: Joy in People 22 February – 13 May 2012
Jeremy Deller has a major retrospective at the Hayward Gallery at the moment. The last room in the exhibition is devoted to a 3D film of flying bats made in Texas, See an audio slideshow which gives you an idea … Continue reading
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Nicaraguan Bat Poster
Last November a group of British Bat and American bat workers went to Nicaragua on a bat trip led by Fiona Reid and Nicaraguan bat worker Arnulfo Medina Fitoria and his sidekicks herpetologist Milton Salazar and Ornithologist Orlando Jarquin. You … Continue reading
Bat call in Dunstable
A call from the National Bat helpline sent us to a house in Dunstable where a bat flew out of the cavity wall when a window was being replaced. Builders know they must stop work if they find a bat … Continue reading
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Bat Group February committee meeting
Last night seventeen of the bat group committee gathered to work our way through a huge agenda and even larger volumes of cake. We are very efficient at getting through both in record time. Here is a picture of us … Continue reading
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Martin O’Connor to run workshop at Midlands BCT Regional Conference.
Bat group member has been asked to run a workshop about bats and trees at the forthcoming Bat Conservation Trust Regional Conference in the Midlands on 10th March 2012 at the Hayes Conference Centre, Swannick, Derbyshire.Seems only fair as he has … Continue reading
Hibernating Bat at Dell Farm Outdoor education centre.
We had a fascinating record of a hibernating bat in an artificial cave at Dell Farm Outdoor Centre. We’ve been sent a good photograph which has allowed us to identify the bat. We would very much like to go and … Continue reading