Monthly Archives: April 2013

Lakeside Survey – and we are off

The bat group visits this site one a fortnight. Last time we went there was not a bat in sight. How things change. The rain held off long enough for us to count the bats coming out of the roost. … Continue reading

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Another chance to look for Bechstein’s bat in Bedfordshire

Last year Lia Gilmour, a Bristol MSc student, made numerous trips to Bedfordshire in an attempt to catch Bechstein’s, Regular readers will know she came up empty handed. The weather last season was dreadful and we really wanted to try … Continue reading

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Natterer’s Bat released back into the wild

Last night the good weather continued so Hedj and Kel took the opportunity to return the now podgier Natterer’s bat to the wild.  They were joined by the people who found her and by Bob and I. Kel has reported … Continue reading

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More proof that Spring has finally arrived.

As if the warmer evidence wasn’t proof enough, Danny Fellman checked the bat boxes at Priory Country Park  yesterday and found a record number of boxes being occupied – 12 boxes and a total of 35 bats. Lining  up ready … Continue reading

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Free Bat Course

Bedfordshire Bat Group is running a FREE course for the Bat Conservation Trust’s National Bat Monitoring Programme on Fri 7th June. To book a place and for more details go to http://bats.eventhq.co.uk/nbmp-priorycp-june2013. http://bats.eventhq.co.uk/nbmp-priorycp-june2013.  Please don’t try to book with us … Continue reading

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Bat Care – time for release

With the weather being so cold, we have been delaying releasing our winter captives. After recent improvements in weather Bat Carer Simon has begun to let his house guests free- after a bit of a struggle “Brown Long Eared I … Continue reading

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Infra red film of brown long ears using a box at Stockgrove Park

Older readers may remember the infamous Troggs’ Tapes ( and other younger souls can google it) On Monday  night Martin tried out his new infra red set up. He got some great film, but forgot that this also recorded sound. … Continue reading

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At long last -bats at Stockgrove

A fortnight ago the bats were decidedly absent from Stockgrove Country Park, but things are looking up Angie who co-ordinates the survey writes The Bats are back in town. A very good evening at Stockgrove yesterday with 5 species out … Continue reading

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An unusual client for our bat care team.

Most of the bat calls we get are pipistrelles, brown long eareds and the occasional Noctule. But yesterday Hedj went to pick up a bat  and found to his ( and our) delight  that it was a Natterer’a bat. This … Continue reading

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Bat Group Annual General Meeting

This  was the 25th AGM for the Bat Group and every one had a really great time. As usual we got the business part of the meeting done as quickly as possible, which left us time for fun things. Jo … Continue reading

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