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Valentine’s Day bats released
The pair of bats that were rescued on Valentine’s day- one of which is shown on he left- ( see http://www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk/wordpress/?p=6994) were finally released back where they were found last night as this good weather continued The pair flew off … Continue reading
Latest news on Noctule and pup
Simon Pidgeon who is taking care of the female Noctule and her pup posted the following on our facebook page last night “First test flight for mum and pup Noctule on Wednesday night, thanks to Steve Freeman and co at … Continue reading
Natterer’s Bat released back into the wild
Last night the good weather continued so Hedj and Kel took the opportunity to return the now podgier Natterer’s bat to the wild. They were joined by the people who found her and by Bob and I. Kel has reported … Continue reading
An unusual client for our bat care team.
Most of the bat calls we get are pipistrelles, brown long eareds and the occasional Noctule. But yesterday Hedj went to pick up a bat and found to his ( and our) delight that it was a Natterer’a bat. This … Continue reading
Noctule pup on solids
The juvenile noctule continues to come on in leaps and bounds. He is now eating mealworms and soon we shall have to get him some flight cage practice.
Upper Caldicote WI Talk
Did a talk or the Upper Caldicote WI group yesterday and included some video clips of the new born noctule which Simon had put on You Tube. I was taken ill part way through and Bob had to take over, … Continue reading
Baby noctule
The young noctle continues to thrive. This is a picture of him at 3weeks. He now weighs 15 grams which is the same weight as his mum when she was found her in a fallen tree. (Adult noctules usually … Continue reading
While I was away…
So while we were in Trinidad was everything quiet here? Well to be honest – far from it. If you remember last year we reported finding a noctule who we took into care over the winter . Originally underweight she … Continue reading
Bat care course
At what felt like silly o’clock a group of us turned out for a morning’s bat care course. This was led by Simon who is in charge of bat care – a rather sleepy Simon as he has a newborn … Continue reading
Valentine massacre averted
Now we know one place that pipistrelles hibernate in winter. We have just had two pips a male and a female) brought into care, who had made the mistake of hibernating in a stack of scaffolding boards. These boards were … Continue reading