Tag Archives: Pinpoint Bat

More number crunching

In 2018 we put more emphasis on repeated walked or driven transects e.g. Sandy Warren, Pegnut Wood, Whipsnade Zoo We plan to continue this trend in 2019 and already have volunteers to do repeated surveys in an area.  

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More number crunching

One of our ongoing projects is Pinpoint Bat. In its second year the kind of survey carried out changed a bit , with more surveys covering an area two or three times a season. Once again we got some very … Continue reading

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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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Pinpoint Bat

Dave Parsons has done three more surveys. We have just downloaded 1136 files. Hoping they are not all crickets This is the highest total we have as yet had. This damp weather would seem to make bats come out.  Bob … Continue reading

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Spoilers

  Have just fnished the October newsletter Made a rough estimate of number of bats recorded and analysed. No wonder some of us are exhausted. Not saying today!

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More Pinpoint Bat Results

The rainy weather gave us a chance to catch up on analysing sonograms generated for Pinpoint Bat. Like an escapee for a Monty Python sketch  ( I am of a certain age) we chanted ” Spam spam, spam” only in … Continue reading

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Another Nathusius site

We have trapped at Harrold Odell six times over the past few years ever since Kel got a probable Nathuisius on an NBMP susrvey, It was a short call and we couldn’t be sure it wasn’t just a common pip … Continue reading

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One person bioblitz at Harrold Odell

Pinpoint Bat  did its first bioblitz at Harrold Odell Country Park. Nicky borrowed for Pinpoint Bat kits and used her own detector and the two bat group Griffins and set them up in the park. She left them overnight. When … Continue reading

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Bat walk at Bedford Cemetery

  Last Thursday Bob and Nicky did a bat walk at Bedford Cemetery. People were blown away watching pips in flight. Thanks for the very generous donation.; Much appreciated! Of course Bob couldn’t resist making a Pinpoint Bat recording

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Analysing Pinpoint Bat

At one point over the weekend we had all four detectors out. We had one returned and spent quite a time slogging through the 612 files. The survey was in a place we have never been and we identified several … Continue reading

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