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Stockgrove Survey – a visit from some barbastelles

Angie  says “It was a very pleasant evening. The first bat, a Soprano was heard at 8.39, just on the first path into Bakers wood. The first Noctule was heard at 8.51, again in Bakers wood with several more passes … Continue reading →

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A night in Wytham Woods

Bob and Jude got asked to join a group of bat folk at Wytham Woods in Oxford. This is one of the most heavily studied woods in the country. It has  no less than 1300 bird boxes which are commandeered … Continue reading →

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Lakeside Survey – Record numbers of midges

Soggy says “Even a downpour before and after the survey did not deter the 1340 soprano  pipistrelles emerging ^8^ even more to follow if the sounds still within the roost is anything to go by” Counting them was a challenge … Continue reading →

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Bats in care- a good news story (so far)

This season has been hard on bats .Many parts of the country have been inundated with juveniles in very poor conditio0n. We have had several that have been so badly malnourished we were unable to anything for them. There are … Continue reading →

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July Bat box check

We did another box check on Sunday and managed to look at all 53 boxes. We were a little disappointed that we only found two soprano pipistrelles, one of which was incredibly stroppy. But we also had a number of … Continue reading →

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Anglian Wolf Society Event

One of the events we like getting invited to best, is the Anglian Wolf Society Open Day. There is never a shortage of volunteers as it gives us a chance to look at the wolves and to other visitors – … Continue reading →

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Bechstein survey – in Herefordshire

Regular readers will know we have been hunting for Bechstein’s in Bedfordshire. So far we have had no luck, but the weather has been awful. Lia is going to come back at the end of August, but she has just … Continue reading →

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Stockgrove Country Park July 23rd

Angie who co-ordinates this survey wrote.     “It was a surprisingly quiet night on the bat front last night despite it being a beautiful warm evening. Only box 10 had a resident, a solitary Soprano who left the roost … Continue reading →

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Lakeside Survey

Driving over to the Lakeside survey on a fine evening we noticed an ominous grey cloud in the distance. Yes you guessed it, it was raining at the Lakeside Survey site.  Some of us are natural pessimists and had brought … Continue reading →

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Brown long eared bat roost at Sandy Warren

On July 3rd we reported trying to count bats out of the gate house at Sandy Warren, the headquarters of the RSPB. We did not spot any coming out and where concerned that the  lighting round the gatehouse might be … Continue reading →

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