Monthly Archives: May 2018

Stockgrove Survey 28th May

An interesting night. We found a couple  of  Schwegler boxes with Natterer’s in. That means all the Schwegler boxes put up in Stockgrove have now been occupied. In addition to that we may have found another new Noctule roost. We … Continue reading

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Bats get lost

We are used to getting bat calls about bats flying in buildings when the young bats take to the wing. At the moment the females are pregnant but we have had two calls in the past two days where bats … Continue reading

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Bat flies into car

Doing driven surveys for Pinpont Bat we have been struck  by how adept bats are at avoiding cars Last night was the exception that proved the rule.  Two of our members were driving home in the rain when to their … Continue reading

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Lakeside Survey 24th May

Last night eight of us gathered to do the roost count with one eye on the ominous rain clouds. We counted out 930 bats before the rain started, at which points the bats decided feeding in the rain was not … Continue reading

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GDPR

We seem to have been dealing with this forever, every time we think we have finished another potential problem arises. We are doing our best to comply but advice is often conflicting, so we are still working on the final … Continue reading

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Bat in a dormouse box

At today’s Dormouse survey A brown long eared bat was found in one of the boxes. This is a fairly infrequent events we were very pleased to get the record.

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Friday 18th May

John and Bob did another Pinpoint Bat expedition. We realised that Dick sets his thresholds of the Peersonic with almost identical results as Bob. To inve4stigate which threshold is better. John and Bob used two different thresholds. Now all(?) that … Continue reading

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Bat Walk at Priory Park

We did a walk for the friends of Putnoe Wood and the Mowslebury Hill Fort. Therewere lots of bats about and we picked up a few Nathusius pipistrelles. We shall have another go at trapping there later in the season.

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Stockgrove Survey 14th May

Another successful night at Stockgrove.As well as lots of common and soprano pips, Daubenton’s and Noctules. We found several bats in boxes. We were able to identify and count out several brown long eareds. Another box had us stumped. We knew … Continue reading

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Harrold Odell Box check

As with Kings Wood there were no bats in the boxes but lots of blue tits, including one with a clutch of eleven  eggs  Picture https://www.lovegardenbirds.co.uk/blog/attracting-blue-tits/

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