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Bats ( and giraffes) at Priory Lower School

Posted on November 23, 2012 by batsinbeds

One of the things I enjoy ab0ut doing talks in schools is the art work that we get to see. Today we went back to Priory Lower School as part of the Bedford Box Building Project with the Priory Rangers. … Continue reading →

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Working with Luton National Citizen Service

Posted on November 17, 2012 by batsinbeds

Regular readers of this blog will know that we do a lot of talks for young children  and adult groups, today saw something  new for us. Luton Cultural Services is involved with the National Citizen Service Project which encourages young … Continue reading →

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Bat Box building at Livingstone Lower School Bedford

Posted on November 15, 2012 by batsinbeds

After a quiet week in which there was nothing in the bat group diary, things have started getting busy again. Once again we have got ward councillor funding to run  a series of whole school assemblies followed by building boxes … Continue reading →

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Ash dieback disease

Posted on November 11, 2012 by batsinbeds

The ash tree is a much loved part of the British landscape and is a feature of much folklore.  Yggdrasill the world tree of Norse cosmology was an ash and was seen to connect us to the Otherworld.     … Continue reading →

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Bats still in residence at Stockgrove Country Park

Posted on November 7, 2012 by batsinbeds

The Bat Group has stopped its fortnightly visit to Stockgrove Country Park as bats head into hibernation. Angie went there at the weekend and noticed that there were bats in two of the bat boxes. Not altogether unexpected as we … Continue reading →

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Twenty five years of roost watching

Posted on November 5, 2012 by batsinbeds

Earlier this year we reported the bat group celebrating John and Ann Adams’  twenty fice years of counting bats at their  common pipistrelle roost, which you will remember featured a lot of cake. https://www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk/wordpress/?p=5755 We think this is one of … Continue reading →

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Brown long eared bat at Saint Mary Magdelaine’s Westoning

Posted on November 4, 2012 by batsinbeds

At this time of year, our hearts always sink when we get a bat call. If the bat is not fit for immediate release it means keeping it throughout the winter as the weather is now so poor there is … Continue reading →

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Bats and Halloween

Posted on October 31, 2012 by batsinbeds

Bats are closely associated with halloween, but why considering the fact that few bats are about at this time of year? All Hallows is a Christian ” replacement” for the old pagan festival of Samhain This was a time when … Continue reading →

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Talk at St Leonards’

Posted on October 24, 2012 by batsinbeds

As we walked into the classroom with the captive noctule when we arrived to talk to the Year 1 group, we were greeted by this fantastic owl. The class has been working on a project about animals in the dark … Continue reading →

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October Bat Box check

Posted on October 22, 2012 by batsinbeds

The final bat check of the season took place on Saturday. All 53 boxes were checked and four were found to be occupied, one box had one soprano pipistrele, one had two and a third had three. The “winning” box … Continue reading →

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