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The mystery of the strange roost occupant at Stockgrove

Posted on September 4, 2013 by batsinbeds

Angie writes   Stockgrove last night was fairly quiet on the bat front but T6 the low roost did have some activity – more on that later.The first bat sounds were at 7.55 just on the approach to the T6 … Continue reading →

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A night out with Sight Concern

Posted on September 1, 2013 by batsinbeds

Friday was spent with some of our favourite people – The good people of Sight Concern. This is the third walk we have done for them – previous walks were at Whipsnade Zoo and Stockgrove Country Park. This time we … Continue reading →

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Swineshead revisited

Posted on August 28, 2013 by batsinbeds

Last night, we headed back to Swineshead wood with the aim of catching and perhaps tagging one of the Myotis bats we heard earlier in the year. We were joined by Daniel Hargreaves who stopped off on his way to … Continue reading →

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First National Nathusius conference.

Posted on August 28, 2013 by batsinbeds

For more than 20 years Jon Russ has been interested in the rare Nathusius bat. He set up a website and encouraged bat workers to let him have any records. Nathusius bats call lower that common pipistrelles, but it can … Continue reading →

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A lovelty thank you card

Posted on August 22, 2013 by batsinbeds

When we went up to Priory Park on Tuesday, we dropped into the office and there hanging on a pin board was a lovely thank you card from Beauchamp school where The Park Rangers and the Bat Group ran a … Continue reading →

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Harp trapping at Priory Park

Posted on August 21, 2013 by batsinbeds

Last night we descended on Priory Country Park in an attempt to catch the Nathusius’ that we have heard . Of course this didn’t happen, but we had a fun night. On reaching the site were given the sight and … Continue reading →

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Thirty one Noctules in a roost

Posted on August 20, 2013 by batsinbeds

“It proved to be another exciting night at Stockgrove last night. After a quiet start along the route a few unidentified bat sounds at 8.20 as we approached the low roast but what a surprise we had. For the second … Continue reading →

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First Natterer’s found in Kings Wood Box check

Posted on August 18, 2013 by batsinbeds

Yesterday we did another check of the King’s Wood boxes and found rather more bats.           The highlight of the day as finding our first Natterer’s  – a group of 6 juveniles, four males and two … Continue reading →

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The naked truth about bats

Posted on August 16, 2013 by batsinbeds

Regular readers will be familiar with the name of  bat group member Hedj Dollman He is a professional photographer who has taken some fantastic pictures of bats and bat group activities. In his spare time he is involved in bat … Continue reading →

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Wardown Park survey

Posted on August 14, 2013 by batsinbeds

Geraldine reports We had a good turn out last night, a total of 5 bat group members, two of them being new recruits to the group. We began the survey by walking around the area close to the museum building … Continue reading →

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