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Brown long eared bat in a bat box

Just had to share this picture taken by Aidan Matthews during a box checking session in June  last year.

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Chinese Year of the Dragon and the international year of the Bat

This year is the Chines Year of the Dragon and it is also the International Year of the Bat I just loved this card . Bats are a sign of good fortune in China and nd were often embroidered onto … Continue reading →

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Another bat out and about in January

Talking to a bat group member he reports a bat flying outside  his home last night, not totally unusual for this time of time of year. What Was impressive was that his daughter Hazel heard it without a bat detector. … Continue reading →

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The Count Bat Resource Pack launched

The Bedfordshire Bat group was a pilot project for the Bat Conservation Trust’s Count Bat project. Since then we have been working in Bedford, mainly with the Priory Park Rangers, to run  numerous events., The Count Bat Team and its … Continue reading →

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January HIbernation Survey

This winter has been milder than last year’s, so we weren’t expecting  high numbers when we did the January survey. But we were wrong. Numbers were good again with 150 bats in all and surveyors will tell you it was … Continue reading →

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Talks and Walks

  It’s still only January, but things are hotting up on the walk and talk front. In the last twenty four hours we have been asked to do 5 talks and a walk later in the year. The talks are … Continue reading →

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Flying bats in January

Bats are hibernating at the moment and we will be checking hibernation sites again this weekend,  However, bats do revive periodically to have a drink and will sometimes fly around to look for food. One of our members spotted a … Continue reading →

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A new wood to explore.

We were contacted by the owner of a wood North of Bedford and asked if we would be interested at seeing what bats there were. As it is not far from some woodland with barbastelles in , we were keen … Continue reading →

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Talk about Bedfordshire’s Bats 19th January 2012

Title: An introduction to Bedfordshire’s Bats Location: St Mary’s Stables Haynes West End TL081411 Start Time: 19.30 Date: 19th January End Time: 20.15    Park your car outside ST Mary-s Church and then walk back towards the junction. The Stables … Continue reading →

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Luton Hoo renovation wins National Award.

  One of the hibernation sites we have mentioned in the past is the purpose built hibernation site at Luton Hoo. We were delighted to hear that LLoydbore, the firm that oversaw all the redevelopment of Luton Hoo including the … Continue reading →

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