Created October 2011
Last updated May 2012
The following newsletter articles are to be found on the website
Bat Biology
General
The Biology of Bats tongues2011-7-bats tongues
The Biology of Bat courtship 2005-10The Biology of Courtship
The Biology of pregnancy and birth 2006-4-11pregnancy and birth
What’s the advantage of cf calls?2011-7- Leisler’s
The Biology of Hibernation 2005-1 The Biology of Hibernation
What eats bats? 2007 7 Bat feeding strategies
Bats in trees 2005-1-Bats in Trees
Bats in Houses2005-1-Bats in houses
The Biology of Bat feeding strategies2007-7 Table Manners for Bats
Autumn swarming2011-1 autumn swarming
Bat pollination2009-4 Bat pollination
The Biology of Bat knees
Identifying bats from quite a long way awa2006-4-Identifying bats in flight
What eats Bats? 2010-1-salvidor dali and bats
Sparrowhawk captures bats2005-11-Sparrowhawk
Multiple births in bats2011-10 Twins1, 2011-10-twins 2
Sites
A Five Star Hibernaculum at 5 Star Luton Hoo2010-1 luton Hoo
Icehouses as hibernation sites 2008-10-icehouses
The Aspley Guise purpose built hibernaculum 2005-4-Braystone
Specific bats
Why are Leisler’s so hard to identify 2011-7- Leisler’s
Alcathoe Bats 2010-7-alcathoe’s bat
The parti coloured bat2009-7 particoloured bat
An erythristic brown long eared bat2008-10 an erythristic bat
All about pipistrelles 2008-7-all about pipistrelles
A male pipistrelle in a common pipistrelle maternity roost 2011-6-pipistrelle roost
Vampire bats Vampire bats
Bats and Pitcher plants 2011-4 bats and pitcher plants
Vampires in Trinidad 2012-7-vampire bats
Buldog bats2012-7 Bulldog bats
Bat Care
A pipistrelle overwinters 2012 -4 Biggleswade pipistrelle
What to do with a grounded ba t2011-7 grounded bat
Bringing up baby 2006-1-Raising juvenile bats
A new Noctule in town 2010-4-a new noctule in town
More on the Slip End noctule 2010-7-The Slip End Noctule Comes of Age
Even more on the slip end noctule2010-10- noctule learns to fly
The very hungry serotine2010-4 the very hungry serotine
Bat Care in Bedfordshire2009-10-bat care
Projects
Desperately seeking serotines2009-7 desperately seeking serotines
Infra red photography of brown long eared bats2009-7 infra red photography of brown long eared bats
Radiotracking a serotine 2009-10-serotine radiotracking
Green woodpeckers attack Bat Boxes at Priory Park woodpecker-vandalism
Radiotracking barbastelles 2005 2005 Barbastelle Radiotracking (BNHS)
Bats at Whipsnade zoo Final Report 2009 whipsnade final report(BNHS)
Ringing serotines 2011-10-serotine ringing
Bat box projects
Bats Abroad
Members of the bat group often tie their holiday into bat related adventures. Here are some of their accounts
Painted Bat of Thailand 2011-Thailand’s painted bat
Nicaraguan Nights2012-1NIcaraguan night
Bats of Yucatan 2012-1 The Bats of Yucatan
Meeting Kitti’s Hog nosed bat2011-1-Kitti’s hog nosed bat
Bats in Panama Bats in the Transpantanal 2007 4 Bats in the Pantanal
Bats in Malaysia’s Mulu Caves 2007-1- mulu caves
Bats in Brazil Maned wolves and Myotis at Caraca Brasil 2007-1-caraca
Bats at Malaysia’s Gomantong caves and Poring Springs 2007-1- gomatong caves
Bats in South Africa 2008 4 bats in southern africa
Proboscis bats in the Pantana 2007 4 Bats in the Pantanal
Bats in Ghana2008-7 Accra bats
Bats in Madhya Pradesh Madya Praesh
Bats in Panama 2008-7 a bat house in panama
Bats in Ghana ghana1
Bats of Accra zoo2007-1 Accra Zoo
2010-1 hungary bat holiday
Bats in the Midnight Sun 2009-7-yukon bats
Bat watching for the lazy 2010-1 hungary bat holiday
The bats of Trinidad’s Nariva swamp2011-10 Bats of the nariva swamp
Trinibats 2012 Part 1 2012 Trinibat
Oddities
The mouse oracle of Baule2005-7 the mouse oracle of Baule
Bats and spells2005-10.spells
The (Ig)Nobel prize for fellatio
Bat group projects
Priory Country Park Bat box check 2011 Batboxes at Priory 2011
Priory Count Park – Bats and Boats 2011 bats and boats
Bedford canoe survey of the Ouse 2011-4- viking canoe
Stockgrove Country Park 2005-4–Stockgrove country park
Bat group outreach
Thank you to Bedfordshire Bat group from Count Bat 2012-4 Count bat thank you
Sight Concern walk 2010 -1- whipsnade vips
Messing about on the river2011-7messing about on the river
The Kempston Bat Box Project 2010-4 bedford bat boxes
(Sight Concern’s report on our Summer bat walk)
Bat in Mind 2010-4 -batsinmind
BCT meets QueensPark2009-4-BCT meets Queens Park
Canoes bat paddle 2011 bats and boats
Excerpts from Annual Reports
2009Adams roost
2009 Harrold Odell
2009 whipsnade final report