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Project Planning for 2018

Last year we concentrated on Pinpoint Bat which we will be continuing this year Up until now we have had a single project licence for scientific trapping, which is a potential limitation as it means either the project licence holder … Continue reading →

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A new hibernation record

I sent the Bedfordshire moth recorder the photos of moths from the hibernation survey this weekend. He tells me that this one is a Tissue moth and it is the first record it of this hibernating in the county

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January Hibernation Surveys

These once again proved fascinating with 191 bats found The results were much as last year. The only  exception was that we fond far fewer barbastelles. This was not a cause for concern as barbs are the only bat that … Continue reading →

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The hibernation site that wasn’t

For several years we have meant to get round to checking on a possible hibernation site in Luton. David, Dick and Bob finally got round to checking it out last week Sadly it was too open to the elements and … Continue reading →

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Temperatures in Hibernation sites

Up until last year we measure air temperature with a digital thermometer, then last year, we were helping an American researching the incidence of the white nose fungus in the UK Bats infected with WNS fluoresce under uv and he … Continue reading →

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25 genome project

A message from the Bat Conservation Trust Understanding the genome of bats could help scientists better understand their adaptations and behaviours, and how that can influence conservation efforts across the UK. Your vote is needed to ensure the DNA of … Continue reading →

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The dark art of sonogram analysis

This year we have been collecting data for the Pinpoint Bat Project. This has involved introduction to sonograms earlier in the year and a number of people have been very involved since in analysing files. Last night we met to … Continue reading →

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Committee meeting

The October meeting covered a lot of ground. There is a lot to keep us busy over the winter. We gave ourself a big pat on the back on the sucess of our first year of Pinpont Bat and clebrated … Continue reading →

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Final Kings Wood Box check of the season

We didn’t get through all the boxes as there were quite a lot of bats at home 2 sopranos, a noctule and more than 23 brown long eared.The Noctule was a placid female, butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth But … Continue reading →

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Pinpoint Bat

Dave Parsons has done three more surveys. We have just downloaded 1136 files. Hoping they are not all crickets This is the highest total we have as yet had. This damp weather would seem to make bats come out.  Bob … Continue reading →

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