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Catching Up

After a slow start to the year, due to a very determined cold virus,I am gradually catching up. The newsletter is finished and distributed, (and the distribution list sorted out) and I am now working on getting the website refreshed. … Continue reading →

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Is the Bedfordshire Bat Group hibernating?

Regular readers of this blog may wonder what on earth has happened as there have been very few posts of late. While things have been quieter, silence here has been due to illness not total inertia. I hope to put … Continue reading →

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Please support some important bat research

  Funding for research is a major problem these days. I got this e mail from one researcher who has been carrying out really important work. . Large numbers of bats die an unpleasant death every year becauseĀ  their claws … Continue reading →

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A Barbastelle in a Kent bat box at Priory Park

On Sunday Danny Fellman was doing his monthly check of the boxes at Priory Country Park and made the most remarkable discovery. He went back later with his posh camera and this is what he took.If you look at the … Continue reading →

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Two pipistrelles go on holiday

We are very jkeen to release our captives before hibernation, but the two pips Soggy has had in care aren’t flying well enough yet. Soggy wants to give them the option of hibernating but has nowhere suitable at her house, … Continue reading →

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Bye bye Barbastelle

At this time of year it is had to decide when to let a bat go, as hibernation time draws closer. The decision was to release him as soon a he put on some weight and was able to fly … Continue reading →

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A rare bat in care

Now is the time of year when bats are going into hibernation and bat calls finish but we hadĀ  a call a coule of days ago which got us very excited. Geraldine who went with Dick to collect the bat … Continue reading →

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Last Kings Wood Bat Box check of 2014

To be honest we were not expecting much from the latest box check, and we were right. While our friends in South Lancs had a good haul, we managed only 3 bats – 2 soprano pips and a female Noctule … Continue reading →

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Paying Host to some of the Essex Bat Group

In theory this was a serious meeting with two members of the Essex Bat Group to show them how we have used WordPress to write this website. In reality a lot of tea and coffee was drunk. cake eaten and … Continue reading →

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Bat talk at Sharnbrook

Friday saw us visiting the Sharnbrook beavers, a very lively group of 20 youngsters They had been on a bat walk at Harrold Odell Country Park at the beginning of September and we had promised them a talk. They found … Continue reading →

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