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Bat Care Training

Posted on April 23, 2022 by batsinbeds

Held a bat care training course on Saturday. Lost several participants as had Covid or were attending weddings, but we had a good afternoon with people from North Bucks, Nene Valley and our group. Course was run  by experienced trainers … Continue reading →

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First Whipsnade survey

Posted on April 21, 2022 by batsinbeds

We were joined by several Whipsnade staff on Tuesday night . The winds across the Downs was feisty . Bats wisely shunned the windier places but were present in the quieter ones Whipsnade staff enjoyed the bats and bat group … Continue reading →

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Second Stockgrove survey

Posted on April 21, 2022 by batsinbeds

The rangers at Stockgrove were busy over winter and have opened up the canopy over a small pond just beyond the tip of the main lake. This week in addition to our usual circuit which yielded our usual suspects  (soprano … Continue reading →

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First Lakeside survey

Posted on April 14, 2022 by batsinbeds

We returned with some trepidation to Lakeside as the lake dried out last year and bat numbers were much lower, but Nature abhors a vacuum and as the lake refilled bat numbers increased again The soprano pipistrelles had over 100 … Continue reading →

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First Kings Wood box check

Posted on April 11, 2022 by batsinbeds

As with other events so far this season we had a healthy turnout, or so we thought. On the day three had to drop out because of  what we hoped  were just colds . The four remaining folk managed to … Continue reading →

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First Stockgrove survey

Posted on April 5, 2022 by batsinbeds

Anyone would think we had been looking forward to  the new season. No fewer than 12 members came out to play. The bats  obviously felt sorry for us and we heard soprano and common pips, saw Daubenton’s over the lake … Continue reading →

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And we are off

Posted on April 3, 2022 by batsinbeds

The season begins! After a long hiatus we checked the Harrold Odell Country Park  bat boxes. They had been checked in January to see if they needed repair. Today we checked to see if there were perchance any residents. As … Continue reading →

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Back in business

Posted on January 16, 2022 by batsinbeds

Over the last two years we haven’t done hibernation surveys because of covid. this  year we went ahead with dividing sites into smaller numbers, of experienced people checking them We followed covid restrictions to the letter, wearing masks and gloves, … Continue reading →

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Bats in Churches Survey

Posted on June 17, 2021 by batsinbeds

We were able to help a consultant  and his team who were doing  detailed survey. This involved a dawn and dusk survey looking for emerging bats. There were an awful lot  of them. lot of them. We got some amazing … Continue reading →

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