-
Archives
- July 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- July 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- January 2022
- August 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
-
Meta
Author Archives: batsinbeds
Grounded bat
Last week Danny was called to a house which had a bat on a carpet. The bat, a pipistrelle, has been taken to Kel and Hedj for some TLC and seems uninjured. Picture to follow. If you are doing building … Continue reading
Roost Hunt at Harrold Odell Country Park
Three brave bat group souls braved the flood plane that is Harrold Odell Country Park today and went hunting for bat roosts. (Hedj who has been nicknamed Boy Chunder was unable to attend due to having spent all night throwing … Continue reading
Things youngsters say
Friday saw Simon go back to give another talk at the Eaton Bray Academy armed with a talk and some masks for the youngsters to make. He asked them why they thought bats did not come out at night and … Continue reading
January Hibernation Survey
This weekend’s hibernation survey has again broken records, with a total of 172 bats (previous highest 168 in Dec 2012). The December 2013 was 106, possibly because the mild weather had not driven bats underground as early as the last … Continue reading
Outdoors – a visit to Rushmere Country Park
The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring- cleaning his little home. First with brooms, then with dusters; then on ladders and steps and chairs, with a brush and a pail of whitewash; till he had dust … Continue reading
Mitigation for development
A forthcoming development in Bedfordshire has been told to provide 20 bat boxes as mitigation. Earlier this week Bob had a meeting with the ecologist and Phil Irving of the Greensand Trust to discus where to put these boxes. The … Continue reading
Updating the website
In the lull in between hibernation surveys, I will be trying to update some parts of the website, You can check when a particular page was last updated by looking at the top of each page. I am starting by … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
The New Year begins – Talks
This is the time of year when we try to plan our activities for the new bat season which kicks off in April.We do sometimes get asked to do talks in the early part of the year and we have … Continue reading
Happy New Year
In China bats are seen as as a symbol of good luck. The Wu Fu, or five bats of happiness, stand for the five blessings: old age, wealth, health, virtue and natural death. I wish you a joyous New Year … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Seasons Greetings- and a free gift with no strings attached
I have a quite a backlog of postings, but have got ensnared in the seasonal chaos. I hope to put that right after the festivities. Meanwhile. a Christmas gift to readers of this blog. The Jan 2014 issue of the … Continue reading