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Licenced to trap

Bob’s project licence has been renewed by Natural England. Initially the number of trapping session per month was quite limited, but when Bob rang to ask for an increase in his quota Natural England were really helpful. To celebrate Bob … Continue reading →

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The Luton survey

The first of three of these  surveys took place on the 6th May Geraldine reports This survey is a walk from Luton Parkway Railway Station to the East  Hyde Sewage Works area, then back to the starting point . No … Continue reading →

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Priory Bat Box Project- the next stage

After the writing up of the current Bat Box Project at Priory,w e were absolutely delighted when Bedfordshire Borough Council offered us £500 to buy some more boxes. Up until then Danny (and local schools) had made all the boxes … Continue reading →

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Bat talks

The past 10 days has been a busy time for bat talks.Jude talked to Robert Peel Lower School, Soggy talked to Kempston Rotary and Jo Pedder did a talk for the Aspley Heath Council’s AGM on Wednesday and yesterday Jude … Continue reading →

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An adventure in Jersey

The blog has ben quiet for a few days because Bob was teaching a course for the Jersey bat group and they kindly let me gatecash and we had a couple of extra days to check out Durrell and the … Continue reading →

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Paper on an analysis of five years of data from the Priory Country Park bax box study

For the last five years Danny Fellman has been monitoring bat boxes at Priory Country Park.  He has been doing  this monthly. Boxes are used throughout the year by pipistrelles. The main focus of study has been the different usage … Continue reading →

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Harrold Odell Box check

First bat box check of the season at Harrold Odell Country Park. Well I say bat box, but this time round all we found were some bird nests and a thankfully sleepy hornet.Hedj set a new record for coming down … Continue reading →

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The Bat Cave is open for Business

Last night was the official opening of the Bat Group Bat Cave. Soggy has worked long an hard to develop this project and has been helped by a  team of volunteers to get it ready. Last night we had the … Continue reading →

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A trip to the privately owned part of Baker’s Wood

As part of the Greater Stockgrove Project, Bob was keen to have a look at the part of Baker’s Wood which is in private ownership. Having obtained the contact details of the owners, he arranged to look at the site … Continue reading →

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The bat recording of a lifetime

Bob and I have been listening to bats for over twenty years, but last night was a new experience for us in Britain. We took the Echometer Touch out with us because Bob wanted some calls for a course he … Continue reading →

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