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Bat care – an update

It might seem that things are quieter than usual at the moment, but that is not altogether true The writer of this blog is currently doing an impression of the bat on the right and shuffling about on crutches and … Continue reading →

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Pipistrelles in Luton

We recently had an enquiry passed to us by the Wildlife Trust from a gentleman who had spotted bats flying close to his house in Luton  and asking if any one could help to identify what they were. Viv and … Continue reading →

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Talking about bats at Ursula Taylor School, Clapham

Requests for bat talks come via a variety of routes. This one resulted from a meting between  a teacher and a bat group member who were at the same first aid training course.     When Heather Lee met us, … Continue reading →

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Stockgrove Survey June 30th

A relatively quiet night with fewer coprano pipistrelles than usual. Bob is hypothesising that they  have given burth and are foraging closer to hiome. The number of common pips was higher – maybe for the same reason, but we don’t … Continue reading →

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Two very interesting bat pups found.

Last week Geraldine and Dick collected a grounded pup from Linslade and took if to Soggy. Young bats are notoriously difficult to hand rear, but so far so good. Soggy posted some pictures on Facebook.   Youngsters are equally difficult … Continue reading →

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Putting up boxes at Harrold Odell Country Park

The story so far: The Friends of Harrold Odell Country Park gave us a grant for £4oo to buy some bat boxes. After checking out with Richard that the trees we were thinking of using were not due to be … Continue reading →

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Bat detector training course

On Saturday Bob ran a bat detector training course for bat group members and  some special guests at Priory Country Park.  This was aimed at folk without a great deal of practical experience, thugh we had a couple of mor … Continue reading →

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Tiddenfoot Water Park, Walk for the Friends.

Our hearts sank when there was a thunderstorm just before we set off, but it stopped before we got there, and the night was warm and balmy. Bob talked a bit about bats and bat detectors while we waited for … Continue reading →

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Noctules show off at Harrold Odell Country Park

On Thursday the usual suspects made their way to Harold Odell to see what bats were waiting for them Dave Odell wrote Great night out with the Bat Group last night.Excellent display by several Soprano Pips and then the Noctules … Continue reading →

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Noctules showing off at Great Barford

Bob and I bunked off the Harrold Odell survey to have a meal with friends at the Anchor  Great Barford, (which had the world cup on the telly but with the sound turned  off- Bliss.)  Being so close to the … Continue reading →

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