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Count Bat Resource Pack

Posted on January 3, 2012 by batsinbeds

Jude had her last meeting of the Count Bat steering group yesterday. Work is well advanced on the production on a really extensive resource pack. Yesterday we were shown the final cut of the short videos that have been made. … Continue reading →

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Bedfordshire Bat Group Website

Posted on January 3, 2012 by batsinbeds

In October this year I completed a complete reworking of the website  using WordPress.  That bit was easy. What was harder was moving it onto our ISP server and for months Danny and Tony have been wrestling with it. Finally … Continue reading →

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New Bat Conservation Trust website design

Posted on January 3, 2012 by batsinbeds

  For years whenever the conversation lulled among bat enthusiasts, the topic you could always rely on was how hard it was to find anything on the Bat Conservation Trust website. It looks like we need to think of a … Continue reading →

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Rushmere roost tree felled

Posted on January 2, 2012 by batsinbeds

In 2011 we reported the fact that we had found a Noctule roost at the entrance to Rushmere Country Park. This tree was then damaged during a storm. It was tethered to other trees but the Greensand Trust applied to … Continue reading →

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Pipistrelles in boxes at Priory Country Park

Posted on January 2, 2012 by batsinbeds

Danny checked the boxes recently and found that he had ten pipistrelles in 5 boxes. Obviously the bats have decided it is warm enough to stay put

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Hibernation survey 3

Posted on December 28, 2011 by batsinbeds

We have checked our remaining ice houses. One had no bats in. We usually find several here, but a new door has been put on it and the temperature inside the ice-house was a bit high at 8 degrees, which … Continue reading →

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Hibernation survey 1

Posted on December 28, 2011 by batsinbeds

December Hibernation Survey Posted on December 11, 2011 You are legally allowed to get a bat hibernation site three times a year under the supervision of a bat worker with a hibernation licence. The Bat group has just done its … Continue reading →

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NIcaraguan Bats

Posted on December 28, 2011 by batsinbeds

Nov 26th Jude and Bob have just got back from an amazing week in the Nicaraguan Forest. We saw forty species of bat You can see some of Jude’s photos at https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2766913971913&set=a.2766913371898.2156495.1229820872&type=1&theater

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Hibernation Survey 2

Posted on December 28, 2011 by batsinbeds

December Hibernation Survey 2 Posted on December 13, 2011 There were a number of icehouses we did not check at the weekend . We went to check one yesterday, We found a Brown long eared bat in a deep crevice. We … Continue reading →

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Box building at Robert Bruce Middle School

Posted on December 7, 2011 by batsinbeds

Dec 6th An early start this morning as we did an assembly for 200 pupils this morning. They were a really friendly bunch and Bob and Jude left Danny and Laura to make bat boxes with 20 children. Some of … Continue reading →

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