Monthly Archives: May 2014

Trapping at Tiddenfoot

After a poor night trapping last night we headed back to Tiddenfoot, which has had spectacular displays of bats both times we went.  The chief bat lookout trained her binoculars on the car park and watched as ten of us … Continue reading

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Lakeside survey

Meanwhile elsewhere other bat group members were counting soprano pipistrelles out of their roost. This is not without its hazards. At the beginning of the season the nearby nettle patch was quite easily dealt with. Last night the recent rain … Continue reading

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The elusive Nathusius

We went back to  have another try to catch a Nathusius. It was quite a windy night and we got very cold. We heard  a number of Nathusius flying past, but they did not come into the traps. We did … Continue reading

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Harrold Odell revisited

Back to Harrold Odell last night to a cool but not rainy night. We found quite a good spot close to the water.                                   … Continue reading

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Harrold Odell Survey on Thursday

Yesterday saw a thunderstorm descend on Bedfordshire and it took a particular fancy to Harrold Odell Country Park. Nicky, who is one of the Rangers there told us that one shower donated 14mm of rain. She turned up early to … Continue reading

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Bat box project at Harrold Odell Country Park

Yesterday Bob ordered the bat boxes for this project. Today first thing, the boxes arrived, as did the cheque from the Friends of Harrold Odell to refund us the cost of the boxes The next stage is for Kel to … Continue reading

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New bat at Stockgrove

On Monday I made a recording while I walked round Stockgrove. Kel does this at Harrold Odell and I thought it might be an interestng comparison. There wasn’t that much activity, but I slogged through the recording, checking each pipistrelle … Continue reading

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Canoe survey

Last night was a harp tap free night as Danny,Aidan,Bob and Nicky took to the water with the Viking Kayak club who paddled them between Pavenham and an indeterminate end point (and back as there was no point where they … Continue reading

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Harp trapping at Stockgrove

Geraldine write: First bat of the evening was a Pip in Baker’s Wood, at 20.53, not long after that we had a number of passes that was definitely a Soprano Pipistrelle. Some of the tree roosts, had what looked fresh … Continue reading

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Things are back to normal.

After the flurry of activity yesterday, I am  almost pleased to announce things have gone back to normal.     Bob, Mark and Nicky checked the remaining Kings Wood boxes and found only 2 occupied. One contained a pip which … Continue reading

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