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Bats and churches
Every now and again the issue of bats and churches rears its head. Very many churches in the UK have bats and ,while some churches do have problems with them, most churches arewelcoming and many actively like their bats. The … Continue reading
Canoe survey on the Ouse
The rain held off for our latest survey with our friends the Viking kayak club as we covered another part of the river. At the risk of repeating ourselves we had excellent views of Daubenton’s bats and Noctules not to … Continue reading
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More Brown Long Eared activity at Stockgrove
Angie just sent me this report- yet another good night and a chance to practice punning Stockgrove Monday 10th June There was more flying bat activity this time than we have has in previous weeks. Several Soprano Pips and Common … Continue reading
Bat boxes taken over by blue tits
Saturday’s box check was done in record time, because blue tits had moved into the boxes and there were no bats to be seen. Will have to take advice from North Bucks who have been making their boxes blue tit … Continue reading
Fly by Night
At a recent Bedfordshire Natural History meeting, Alan Outen put a request for records of under recorded species. One of these were bat parasites and so we promised to keep an eye out, though we very rarely see one. On … Continue reading
Cat damaged bat making good progress
Last week I posted a picture from Gail Armstrong showing the kind of injury a cat can inflict on a bat. She has now posted a second photo which chows just how resilient a bat can be.The wing is now … Continue reading
Curiousity killed the bat
The main predator of bats is the cat. In some cases they find an already grounded bat, but they are also capable of catching bats as they come out of their roosts. We know of one case of … Continue reading