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Hibernation surveys – a final tally

Posted on February 17, 2015 by batsinbeds

We completed our final round if hibernation surveys last weekend. We checked 17 different sites with differing degrees of access difficulty.The surveys were led by an appropriately qualified group member. Each day involves spending about 7 hours in cold damp … Continue reading →

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Migration of bat in Canada, and to Canada by bat group member

Posted on February 16, 2015 by batsinbeds

Toby Thorne first got involved with the bat group when he was 15. He has always been keen on bats and helped out on a lot of surveys and took some brilliant photos, even when he was at Oxford. He … Continue reading →

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Talks

Posted on February 5, 2015 by batsinbeds

After Bob’s hectic time of late, it was Jude’s turn. On Wednesday night Bob took her up to the Wyboston WI where she gave a talk.The ladies were very welcoming and had laid on a terrific spread. We couldn’t stop … Continue reading →

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Center Park Boxes

Posted on February 5, 2015 by batsinbeds

Fresh from his triumph at Kings Wood, Bob headed of to Center Parcs to put up the ten boxes he had had to postpone installing when he was  ill at he end of last year. When he got there at … Continue reading →

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Kings Wood Bat Boxes

Posted on February 5, 2015 by batsinbeds

On Sunday, with the help of new member Michelle, put up the last three bat boxes at Kings Wood. Having finished Bob then retaliated on some brambles which had cut him to pieces by clearing a track towards some of … Continue reading →

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There’s nowt as perverse as a bat

Posted on January 26, 2015 by batsinbeds

Jo Peddar has just sent me some photos of the January hibernation check. These are bat bricks, the idea is the bat snuggles into the gaps within the bricks., only this bat had other ideas

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Kings Wood Roost Hunt

Posted on January 25, 2015 by batsinbeds

We started looking for potential roosts last year. Yesterday 6 masochistic members of the Bat Group spend all day today,walking back  and forth through trees in another  section  of Kings Wood in an attempt to identify potential roost sites The … Continue reading →

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Putting up boxes at Rushmere and Stockgrove

Posted on January 24, 2015 by batsinbeds

On a cold clear day Bob, Jo, and Phil  finally got to put up some of the twenty boxes which were bought by the owners of the Double Arches wind turbine as a way of improving habitats for bats.   … Continue reading →

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January hibernation survey

Posted on January 22, 2015 by batsinbeds

With the relatively mild winter weather we weren’t expecting anything exceptional on this survey, but numbers weren’t greatly down. Barbastells were few and far between, but we have only found them in large quantities when it is really cold and … Continue reading →

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An unexpected find on a roost visit

Posted on January 22, 2015 by batsinbeds

I just couldn’t resist passing this on. One of the bat group was asked to do a survey at a house to look for bats. Having gone into the loft there were no bats – but there was a small … Continue reading →

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