Monthly Archives: December 2012

Have a cool Yule

Before I head into the chaos that is Christmas, just wanted to wish all of you who follow us a very happy day tomorrow and I wish everyone a good New Year. Hoping next year is a beter one for … Continue reading

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Brilliant Bat Event at Stockwood Discovery Centre

In November  I did a talk for Luton NCS about bats. Since then they have been busy making bat boxes and organising an event at Stockwood Discovery Centre.               You can see pictures of … Continue reading

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Noctule doing well

Earlier this month we told you about a female Noctule which was found near a tree which had fallen over during a storm. She was badly underweight, but you can see that she is coming on very well and will … Continue reading

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Building Bat boxes in Bedford Schools 2012

Yesterday saw the last of our visit to Bedford Schools when we visited Beauchamps Middle School As per usual I did the talk (no one cried this time )and left Rangers Danny and Nicky to build the boxes. Later that … Continue reading

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Saturday night at the Chiroptera.

Did something very different on Saturday night, went to the first performance of Kathy Hinde’s Vocal Migrations. Regular readers of this blog will know that Kathy contacted us  earlier this year and we organised a bat walk for the choir … Continue reading

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Vocal Migrations – a work in process

Did something very different n Saturday night, ent to the first performance of Kathy Hinde’s Visual Migrations. Regular readers of this blog will know that Kathy contacted us  earlier this year and we organised a bat walk for the choir … Continue reading

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Bat event at Stockwood Discovery Centre this Saturday

Another group is ofering to fund raise for us. In November I told you about a talk I did for Luton National Citizen Se rvice.https://www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk/wordpress/?p=6747T.   Since then the group has been planning an event to be held at Stockwood … Continue reading

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Bat caught in a storm

Towards the end of November we had some very windy nights, one of which brought down a particular tree branch. A passerby the next day noticed a bat lying on the ground nearby and Colin went to collect it. It … Continue reading

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Thanks to the Pulloxhill Brownies

In October we did a talk for the Pulloxhill Brownies and this morning a cheque for £50 arrived as a donation to the bat group. This money was raised during a bat drive fundraising event. Unfortunately, there was no photo … Continue reading

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Vocal Migrations – a bat based musical event

  Earlier this Autumn we did a walk for Bedford Cultural Arts at the request of Kathy Hinde. She has designed a new work based on the ways bats echolocate. The first performance is coming up soon. The Chair of … Continue reading

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