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Bat Group February committee meeting

Last night seventeen of the bat group committee gathered to work our way through a huge agenda and even larger volumes of cake. We are very efficient at getting through both in record time.  Here is a picture of us … Continue reading →

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Martin O’Connor to run workshop at Midlands BCT Regional Conference.

Bat group member has been asked to run a workshop about bats and trees at the forthcoming Bat Conservation Trust Regional Conference in the Midlands on  10th March 2012 at the Hayes Conference Centre, Swannick, Derbyshire.Seems only fair as he has … Continue reading →

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Box building photogallery

Catching up with  photogalleries from the old web site again. This time I have put together a photo album of Kent Bat Box leaflet building sessions with schools and youth groups in Bedfordshire. We’ve been done this since 2007 the … Continue reading →

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Hibernating Bat at Dell Farm Outdoor education centre.

We had a fascinating record of a hibernating bat in an artificial cave at Dell Farm Outdoor  Centre.  We’ve been sent a good photograph which has allowed us to identify the bat. We would very much like to go and … Continue reading →

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Hibernating Bats Photogallery

I’ve been looking through the bat group archive of photos of hibernating bats which we have collected over the years. Hibernating bats are very difficult to photograph as bats must not be disturbed and of course they do tend to … Continue reading →

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Community Tree Trust AGM

Just giving a plug for this, Colin is one of our members and trees are very important habitats for bats The Community Tree Trust specialises in collecting local provenance and native seed of trees, shrubs and wild flowers from ancient … Continue reading →

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National Bat Monitoring Programme

Philip Briggs the National Bat Monitoring Projects Officer at the Bat Conservation Trust came and gave us a talk last night. It was fascinating to see how the data we collected fits into a much larger picture. Members already do … Continue reading →

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Bat talk at Maulden WI

Bob was asked to repeat a talk he did for the Flitwick local group of the Wildlife Trust  a year ago. There were 30 members of Maulden WI present. Once Bob had done his talk we introduced them to the … Continue reading →

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February 2012 Record breaking Hibernation Survey

After the cold snap just before the weekend we wondered what numbers would be like, Temperatures had plummeted outside, but several of our hibernation sites had also fallen below zero ( though we take temperatures at ground level, and it … Continue reading →

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White nose syndrome in Europe

In January 2012 we reported findings of Geomyces infestans in European bats but was that the cause of death in the bats found?  It has always been difficult to demonstrate cause and effect in this case and researchers are keen … Continue reading →

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