Created 2009
Last Updated February 2013
Photo Jude Hirstwood
For insurance reasons, this survey is only open to Bat Group members.
We are only allowed to take eight members On each survey, so places must be booked with Soggy (details in newsletter)
The Bedfordshire Bat Group has been monitoring this soprano pipistrelle maternity roost in Mid Beds since 1999
As well as counting out large numbers of soprano pipistrelles ( over 1500 in 2011). Record numbers at Lakeside survey from a maternity roost we also get good sightings of Daubenton, Noctules and brown long eared bats, not to mention sparrowhawks, munjac and tawny owls. 2005-11-Sparrowhawk
In 2011 12 did an all night survey in the hope of finding roosts, but bat activity was so high all night we couldn’t pinpoint them.
We did, however, go back to the known roost and Angie filled them returning. Some of the film she took was used by the Bat Conservation Trust in their Count Bat videos.
You can see a 30second clip of the video Angie took here. http://youtu.be/xHhzD5Sw8EI
Dates for 2013
11th April 19.30
25th April 19.45
9th May 20.15
23rd May 20.30
6th June 20.45
20th June 21.00
4th July 21.00
18th July 20.45
1st Aug 20.15
15th Aug 20.00
29th Aug 19,30
12th Sep 19.00
26th Sep 18.30