Monthly Archives: April 2014

Bat crime

    One of the frustrating things about bat crime is that developers have been getting off with very smallfines. However Richard Lawrence just sent me this, so hopefully things may at long last be changing     “Following a … Continue reading

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Question time with the Langford Beavers

  When Les asked us back to talk to the Langford Beavers we jumped at the chance. Yet again the lively beavers listened quietly and with real interest as I did the talk. At the end here was time for … Continue reading

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Sandy Warren

Photo RSPB. Twelve of us descended on Sandy Warren last night to try out the new route. The bats responded in kind by being present in copious amounts. We hears common and soprano pips, Noctules, Myotis and  more than a … Continue reading

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Tiddenfoot Water Park

Photo http://www.tiddenfoot.org.uk/ It’s a bit embarrassing to admit this, but in 26 years of the bat group no one, as far as we know , has ever been to Tiddenfoot Water Park  near Leighton Buzzard with a detector.We spotted it … Continue reading

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Bats and fairies

Got hopelessly sidetracked this morning after seeing a bat and fairy picture on facebook  (thanks Dani) and a brief search revealed a lot of pictures out there, so have wasted this morning updating Chiroptrivia

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Officer of the Lure

In an earlier post we mentioned Soggy’s dreadful habit of lapsing into Clouseau speak every time the phrase ” acoustic lure” was mentioned. So we are preparing for an onslaught as the beast has made it from the States. Bob … Continue reading

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Hunting for a Nathusius

As part of our quest for a Nathusius we have done two daylight reconnoiters of Stewartby lake. The woodland is still in an early stage of development, so we were not over optimistic, but we went back last night, detectors … Continue reading

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Bats at Priory Park

Danny did his usual monthly box check today and found no less than nine pipistrelles in a bat box at Priory Country Park today. Further proof that the bat season is underway Plugins 2

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The National Nathusius Project

At the Eastern Region Bat conference, Daniel Hargreaves gave a talk on a new National Nathusius Project. We are not one of the pilot studies, but Daniel is keen to get records from as wide a range of bat groups … Continue reading

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First visit to Stockgrove this season

After the success of the first Lakeside Survey we had high hopes for the first Stockgrove survey. But the weather had other ideas and the rain fell enthusiastically.To begin with there were more of us than there were bats as … Continue reading

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