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Barbastelle Video

Earlier this year we  reported on a hunt for barbastelle roosts at Swineshead Wood. Daniel Hargreaves made a film of one of the roosts and managed to capture both emergence ( you will need to look hard) and also dawn … Continue reading →

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It’s all gone quiet

Last week we got tags on two bats  Ampthill Park. Since then we have been hunting high and low for them over large areas of the countryside. We had thought the barbastelle might fly a considerable distance as juveniles tend … Continue reading →

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At last a new bat talk (well partly)

I must admit that I tend to work on the principle that if it ain’t broke don’t fix it, so I do basically the same at each talk I give and as a result people belonging to different groups have … Continue reading →

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A very special donation

Jim is taking after his father and grandfather and developing a keen interest in natural  history. His dad is a bat group member and out of the blue Jim decided he would like to make a bat box which is … Continue reading →

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The mystery of the strange roost occupant at Stockgrove

Angie writes   Stockgrove last night was fairly quiet on the bat front but T6 the low roost did have some activity – more on that later.The first bat sounds were at 7.55 just on the approach to the T6 … Continue reading →

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A night out with Sight Concern

Friday was spent with some of our favourite people – The good people of Sight Concern. This is the third walk we have done for them – previous walks were at Whipsnade Zoo and Stockgrove Country Park. This time we … Continue reading →

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Swineshead revisited

Last night, we headed back to Swineshead wood with the aim of catching and perhaps tagging one of the Myotis bats we heard earlier in the year. We were joined by Daniel Hargreaves who stopped off on his way to … Continue reading →

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First National Nathusius conference.

For more than 20 years Jon Russ has been interested in the rare Nathusius bat. He set up a website and encouraged bat workers to let him have any records. Nathusius bats call lower that common pipistrelles, but it can … Continue reading →

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A lovelty thank you card

When we went up to Priory Park on Tuesday, we dropped into the office and there hanging on a pin board was a lovely thank you card from Beauchamp school where The Park Rangers and the Bat Group ran a … Continue reading →

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Harp trapping at Priory Park

Last night we descended on Priory Country Park in an attempt to catch the Nathusius’ that we have heard . Of course this didn’t happen, but we had a fun night. On reaching the site were given the sight and … Continue reading →

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