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White lined vampires in Trinidad,

Regular readers may have noticed that the blog went quiet for a bit there. Four of us headed off to Trinidad on another Trinibats adventure – of which doubtless more later. In the meantime, Daniel Hargreaves managed to get some … Continue reading →

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Bat Group AGM

Had a very successful AGM. Amtony Mould scared us to death with his tales of bat expeditions in Tasmania  and the Philippines  which basically consisted of “we waded upstream for 3 hours and climbed into  mountains for another 6 hours … Continue reading →

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Year of the Bat Poster

2011 and 2012 were designated the Year of the Bat The  organisers have just produced this lovely poster.      

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First Stockgrove Park survey of the season.

April 1st is the official start of the bat season and we made a good start yesterday when we did out first Stockgrove Park  survey. We had five species of bat – soprano and common pipistrelles, brown long eared bats … Continue reading →

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Bats at Stotfold Mill

Stotlfold Mill on the River Ivel was burnt down in 1992 but has been lovingly restored by a group of enthusiasts.  On Saturday we went to talk about bat to group of youngsters that meet there.  We took our captive … Continue reading →

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Bats and churches

Bats are common occupants of churches and in many cases peacefully coexist with parishioners. Recently there has been a lot in the press about the bat ” problem” in churches.  preventing people from being able to worship. Bat Conversation Trust’s … Continue reading →

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Another flying bat

A pipistrelle was collected from a firm in Luton yesterday. On being examined by one of our carers at home.the little minx revived and shot off out of the room  and up the stairs, It took more than half an … Continue reading →

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First bats seen flying

Spring is coming. In the last two days we have had a number of people telling us they have seen bats out and about. If you live in Bedfordshire and have also seen flying bats, please let us know. If … Continue reading →

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www.Trinibats.com

I was quite pleased with the photos I took last year in Trinidad, but now there is a new website which knocks my efforts into a cocked hat. Daniel Hargreaves and Geoffrey Gomes have put together  fantastic site about the … Continue reading →

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a busy week for talks

We’ve just done three talks in a week – a trip to Bedford Young Farmers, followed by a talk to Friends of Putnoe Wood We are planning to some  intensive survey work this season so it was good to meet … Continue reading →

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