Monthly Archives: July 2013

We catch another barbastelle

We have been monitoring Stockgrove Country Park regularly for the past twenty five years. In recent years we have heard occasional barbastelles, but on Monday night we tried harp trapping there and found ourselves in the middle of  a high … Continue reading

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Change of date for Harrold Odell survey in August

We try not to change survey dates one we announce them unless there is a very good reason. I think this counts. Hedj Dollman who co-runs the survey will not be available that night and so we have changed the … Continue reading

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Anglian Wolf Society

One of the highlights of the Bat Group year is the invite we get to the Anglia Wolf Society open day.A delightful way to spend the day, promoting bats while spending times with the Raptor Foundation and alpacas – and … Continue reading

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On a very warm night the regular Stockgrove survey took place. Highlight of the night was  returning a young bat to its roost.  Well done Gwen.Angie says Stockgrove last night was fairly quiet until 9.17 when the first bat was … Continue reading

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July Bat box check

When fixing dates for the monthly box surveys we deliberately put the June check early in the month and the July one later. We found nothing but birds on the June one and had heard that people were finding new … Continue reading

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More bats in care

This weather has sure led to more bats being found grounded. Kel has been busy picking up juveniles and this morning Bob and Jude got a call from friends in Wootton who had found a juvenile who had flown into … Continue reading

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More surveys

With the good weather this week the bat group has been able to go out a lot, On Tuesday Aidan, Bob and Dave headed back to Kings Wood Heath and Reach and tried netting in a woodland block. Griffins were … Continue reading

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Bedfordshire Bat Group member heads off to Panama

Some of you will already be familiar with Toby Thorne as some of his videos and photos are on this site. He graduated from Oxford University last summer and is now studying for a masters in Canada with Brock Fenton. … Continue reading

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A flurry of bats to care for.

Now is a peak time for finding grounded bats.Aidan has been finding these and much more over the last couple of of days I received a call from Simon about a Bat Care call near my home in Biggleswade. A … Continue reading

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Yet more bats at the Lakeside Survey

A busy night at the Lakeside survey last night While some us counted the bats out of the roost Soggy Dave, Bob and John went of for a wander round a nearby wood.,which had many mossies and lots of toadlets. … Continue reading

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