Monthly Archives: January 2018

A new hibernation record

I sent the Bedfordshire moth recorder the photos of moths from the hibernation survey this weekend. He tells me that this one is a Tissue moth and it is the first record it of this hibernating in the county

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January Hibernation Surveys

These once again proved fascinating with 191 bats found The results were much as last year. The only  exception was that we fond far fewer barbastelles. This was not a cause for concern as barbs are the only bat that … Continue reading

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The hibernation site that wasn’t

For several years we have meant to get round to checking on a possible hibernation site in Luton. David, Dick and Bob finally got round to checking it out last week Sadly it was too open to the elements and … Continue reading

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Temperatures in Hibernation sites

Up until last year we measure air temperature with a digital thermometer, then last year, we were helping an American researching the incidence of the white nose fungus in the UK Bats infected with WNS fluoresce under uv and he … Continue reading

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