Monthly Archives: July 2012

July Bat box check

We did another box check on Sunday and managed to look at all 53 boxes. We were a little disappointed that we only found two soprano pipistrelles, one of which was incredibly stroppy. But we also had a number of … Continue reading

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Anglian Wolf Society Event

One of the events we like getting invited to best, is the Anglian Wolf Society Open Day. There is never a shortage of volunteers as it gives us a chance to look at the wolves and to other visitors – … Continue reading

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Bechstein survey – in Herefordshire

Regular readers will know we have been hunting for Bechstein’s in Bedfordshire. So far we have had no luck, but the weather has been awful. Lia is going to come back at the end of August, but she has just … Continue reading

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Stockgrove Country Park July 23rd

Angie who co-ordinates this survey wrote.     “It was a surprisingly quiet night on the bat front last night despite it being a beautiful warm evening. Only box 10 had a resident, a solitary Soprano who left the roost … Continue reading

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Lakeside Survey

Driving over to the Lakeside survey on a fine evening we noticed an ominous grey cloud in the distance. Yes you guessed it, it was raining at the Lakeside Survey site.  Some of us are natural pessimists and had brought … Continue reading

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Brown long eared bat roost at Sandy Warren

On July 3rd we reported trying to count bats out of the gate house at Sandy Warren, the headquarters of the RSPB. We did not spot any coming out and where concerned that the  lighting round the gatehouse might be … Continue reading

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Rain doesn’t stop play

Despite torrential rain in the east of the county, we were able to go ahead with a woodland survey in Mid Beds last night.- and it did not rain! We heard Natterer’s and both soprano and common pipistrelles in a … Continue reading

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More rain , more churches

And still it rains, but nothing daunted we have continued to have a look at more North Bedfordshire churches  – it’s amazing how varied they are.( and stopped at a few nice pubs on the way). No bats in the … Continue reading

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New i phone app for seeing bat calls

New technology is helping scientists and members of the public learn more about the lives of bats. Bat expert Professor Kate Jones has collaborated with artist Jeremy Deller on a device that works in conjunction with smartphones to generate digital … Continue reading

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The Stodden Churches.

We are doing a talk for the Stoddon group of churches in October and used this an excuse to  go and take some more photos. We went on Tuesday and  the rain actually held off for a couple of hours, … Continue reading

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