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The East West Rail link
There is a proposal to build a railway from Oxford to Cambridge which obviously, goes through Bedfordshire. The train company has asked for comments on their proposed routes. There are 5 proposed routes. The maps that they have provided are … Continue reading
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Whipsnade Hibernation boxes
Many years ago we put wooden bat boxes into some of our hibernation sites. These are by their very nature damp places and over the years the boxes have begun to disintegrate. At the latest survey, George offered to make … Continue reading
Bat sounds in a hibernation site
As mentioned earlier we put an SMT detector into one of the hibernation sites at Whipsnade This is a recording of a Natterer’s Bat flying around inside the hibernaculum You can see the echolocation calls bouncing off the walls … Continue reading
Playing with bat box data
While bat sleep, Bob has being passing his time crunching data. He had done a time consuming nearest neighbour anaylsis of the Kings Wood bat box results to see which bat roost with which. We knew before we started this … Continue reading
Bat Conservation Trust Ringing fund
The committee agreed to donate £500 to this appeal
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February Hibernation survey
A redesigned record sheet made recording data much easier in our biggest site. We had a record number of bats 273 compared with the previous Feb best of 244: Natterer’s 180 Daubenton’s 75 cf 44 last year Myotis sp 1 … Continue reading
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Woodland trapping survey Wed 28th April
Last night we visited a wood in Mid Beds. Bliss, so still so quiet (except for tawny owls) and a distant muntjac. Colin and Sara got to practice processing bats again. We caught nothing in the mist net, but the … Continue reading
August Box check Kings Wood
The forecast rain held off for most of the day. Managed to check all the3 boxes. 10 ere occupied . Three had Brown Long eareds containing 11, 6 and 1 bat(s0 The remainder contained single soprano pips. Keith spent … Continue reading
Bats and Boats
The first Bats & Boats took place last night. There was some longed for rain but it soon stopped and everyone had a good time on the water. We heard Pipistrelles, Daubentons as well as Noctules and a Serotine. Thanks … Continue reading