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Dead brown long eared bat at John O Gaunt golf course.
One of our members works at the John O Gaunt golf course between Biggleswade and Sandy. He has just sent us this photograph of a brown long eared bat found in a garage by the greenkeepers’ sheds. The bat was … Continue reading
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Bat conservation in Mexico
Yesterday Bob and Jude got invited to a seminar arranged by the Bat Conservation Trust. A fabulous talk by Rodrigo A. Medellin on Bat conservation in Mexico. I now know how you extract saliva from a vampire bat, a … Continue reading
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Looking for Bechstein’s Bat
The Bat Conservation Trust has been running a project to look for Bechstein’s bat. Our neighbour the North Bucks Bat Group found a number of Bechstein’s when they were part of the project. They have since carried on their research … Continue reading
Lakeside survey
At long last the rain stopped for a bit. Went to the Lakeside survey last night and watched 601 soprano pipistrelles coming out to feed. Not only that but we also had good views of Noctules andsaw a hobby and … Continue reading
Bat talk at Mogerhanger Lower School
We went talk to youngsters at Mogerhanger Lower School this morning. As we entered the school grounds we couldn’t help but notice the wildlife in the tree. When we signed in at receptions we were told we “going to be … Continue reading
Box check
Did the next box check today. We found nothing in March and were not expecting much today as it is still quite early in the season for bats to be using boxes. And we were right. The team checked all … Continue reading
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Sight Concern Talk
Shortly after doing the Sight Concern talk I headed off on holiday and am still catching up. I am delighted with this picture that Viv took of the members of the group using the tactile resources that we borrowed from … Continue reading
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Rain didn’t stop play at Stockgrove and Sandy Warren
The bat group are hardy souls and braved to poor weather to do two of our regular surveys last night. “It was a pleasant evening, the rain held off until we were heading home. 4 of the boxes had residents … Continue reading
Pipistrelles in bat box at Priory Country Park
Danny Fellman was doing one of his regular checks of bats in the boxes at Priory Country Park and was pleased to find that one box had five pipistrelles sheltering in it – and what was even better , they … Continue reading
Grounded brown long eared bat in Maulden
The recent appalling weather has made things difficult for the bat group recently. An attempt to mist net in Luton was postponed and then rained on. It would seem likely that bats are being affected by the poor weather. The … Continue reading