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Bats for Halloween.

Not for the first time, and definitely not the last, we in common with a lot of organisations have been asked to do a bat walk for Halloween. We have head to refuse not because we are afraid to go … Continue reading →

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Apple and Pumpkin Day at Luton Hoo Walled Garden

We really feared the worst when we saw the weather forecast but we were lucky that the rain didn’t arrive. We shared a small room with friends the Greensand Trust, There wasn’t really room to swing a bat let alone … Continue reading →

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One last survey

At this time of year a bat’s thoughts turn to finding a mate and for the last month or so the air has been full of males calling to females.  Sometimes males and females will go a a particular site … Continue reading →

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A record year for the bat group

As Angie said last night was the last official survey night of the season, though we might sneak out again if the weather holds up. Here at Bat Group central we are scraping mud of equipment and checking it over … Continue reading →

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Last Stockgrove Survey of the season

Angie, the Stockgrove co-ordinator writes Well sadly last night was the last Stockgrove Bat Survey of 2013. As expected the bat activity was low, all tree and box roosts were empty, even the Daubentons count over the lake was nil … Continue reading →

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Bat Box Project

We had to postpone this survey by a week and were delighted when ten of the bat group were able to make the new date. Jo brought his lightweight long ladder with him, which everyone fell in love with as … Continue reading →

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Barbastelle Video

Earlier this year we  reported on a hunt for barbastelle roosts at Swineshead Wood. Daniel Hargreaves made a film of one of the roosts and managed to capture both emergence ( you will need to look hard) and also dawn … Continue reading →

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It’s all gone quiet

Last week we got tags on two bats  Ampthill Park. Since then we have been hunting high and low for them over large areas of the countryside. We had thought the barbastelle might fly a considerable distance as juveniles tend … Continue reading →

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At last a new bat talk (well partly)

I must admit that I tend to work on the principle that if it ain’t broke don’t fix it, so I do basically the same at each talk I give and as a result people belonging to different groups have … Continue reading →

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A very special donation

Jim is taking after his father and grandfather and developing a keen interest in natural  history. His dad is a bat group member and out of the blue Jim decided he would like to make a bat box which is … Continue reading →

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