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Kings Wood Roost hunt 2

The weather forecast for Sunday was decidedly dodgy, but the intrepid team managed to complete the area which had been selected and get bet back to the car just as it began to rain and managed to eat some cake. … Continue reading

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Kings Wood Bat Boxes

On Sunday, with the help of new member Michelle, put up the last three bat boxes at Kings Wood. Having finished Bob then retaliated on some brambles which had cut him to pieces by clearing a track towards some of … Continue reading

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Last Kings Wood Bat Box check of 2014

To be honest we were not expecting much from the latest box check, and we were right. While our friends in South Lancs had a good haul, we managed only 3 bats – 2 soprano pips and a female Noctule … Continue reading

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Four barbastelles at Kings Wood

Soggy has been getting practice at mist netting this season, so Bob fixed a trip to Kings Wood with her The aim was to try to trap in an area where there has been a fair amount of activity in … Continue reading

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Kings Wood Box check at Kings Wood.

To be honest people headed out with some trepidation on Sunday, unsure of what the weather had in store.In fact it was quite kind and the gang got round in record time until they reached the last box. This was … Continue reading

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Kings Wood Box check

After a very successful outing in May,  we were wondering what we would find this time round Aidan, Gwen,Ellie, Nicky and Bob were joined by Peter West of the Essex Bat Group, who is about to set up a project … Continue reading

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Things are back to normal.

After the flurry of activity yesterday, I am  almost pleased to announce things have gone back to normal.     Bob, Mark and Nicky checked the remaining Kings Wood boxes and found only 2 occupied. One contained a pip which … Continue reading

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Kings Wood Box check

When Bob set off for the  Kings Wood box check, he didn’t expect to fins any bats as this time last year there were none. However, just in case he took his bat rings with him. Just as well as … Continue reading

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Another roost hunt

  On a crisp Sunday morning, Bob, Bob and Judith ventured into Kings Wood and checked a small area for potential roosts They found seventeen potential roosts, all of them in oak trees. The plan is to go back later … Continue reading

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First Bat Box check for new bat project

The bat group put up fifty boxes in a Bedfordshire wood , following a grant from Costain Carillion, in the beginning of May. Today, some of the bat group went out to check them. As much to check they could … Continue reading

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