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Tonight’s trapping is cancelled.

We are due to go to Priory trapping tonight, but the wind is blowing straight off the lake and is set to do so this evening. As we are unlikely to catch anything we are postponing this

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Castle Close Sharnbrook

On the first night of what promises to be a hectic fortnight we headed here to try some trapping. Several members of the Parish Council joined us. The wind meant the mist net caught nothing but we did catch soprano … Continue reading →

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Bat care 1956 style

R Richard and Geraldine have just sent me an article from The Countyman published in Autumn 1956 .nsmail-28 Things were, how shall I say, different then. Anyone who knows bats may suffer from a number of sharp intakes of breath. … Continue reading →

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Another whiskered site

We had done some preliminary surveys at a private wood near Maulden. We had heard very few bats, but these included Common and soprano pipistrelles, a passing Noctule and a Myotis bat. So with no great hope of excitement 6 … Continue reading →

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BatMap Report is available.

Last year we focused our research on the Greater Stockgrove area which led up to the BatMap weekend when over forty bat workers from a number of different Bat Group came together for an intensive weekend We caught over 140 … Continue reading →

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It is a whiskered!

We got the DNA analysis backĀ  from the Center Parcs WAB (Whiskered , Alcathoe and Brandt) and it was as we thought. We have a new site for whiskered bats in Bedfordshire. We are very excited

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The stranded bat

On Thursday we went to the soprano pip roost. It was an NBMP count night, so of course the bats made it as hard as possible. It is the time of year when the young start flying. They seem to … Continue reading →

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Woburn Safari Park Bioblitz

Last night did some trapping at Woburn safari Park as part of the Bedfordshire Natural History Bioblitz event. At the beginning of the weeek the forecast was dire, but it turned out fine with just a very brief shower. This … Continue reading →

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An unusual night at Woburn Center Parcs

The bat group has been allowed to monitor bats at Woburn Center Parcs and last night we set up two harp traps with lures and a mist net and waited. We were accompanied by a number of Center Parc staff … Continue reading →

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Kings Wood Bat box survey

On Sunday Alex, Emily, Chris,James,Antonio,Tommy and Bob did the monthly box survey at Kings Wood. They found 28 Brown long eareds.. Some sneaky squirrel made off with Antonio’s glasses and despite hunting high and low they were not found. Please … Continue reading →

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