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Painted bats and Nicaraguan phyllostomids

Posted on February 12, 2012 by batsinbeds

On  a roll now. Two more galleries today. Photo of Painted Bat by Bob Cornes     The painted bat of Thailand Read  more about our visit here  2011-7-painted bat       and   Nicaraguan  Bats The Phyllostomids Visit … Continue reading →

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Another gallery (or two)

Posted on February 11, 2012 by batsinbeds

It is very cold today, braver souls than I are doing the February hibernation check. I meanwhile am in the warm playing with some more photo galleries.   Trinidad 1  The leaf nosed bats and Stockgrove Park ( I must … Continue reading →

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Bumble Bee Bat Photogallery

Posted on February 10, 2012 by batsinbeds

Spent today trying to get to grips with a slideshow plug in for wordpress. As per usual once I read the instructions properly it was fairly straight forward. I managed to put a slideshow together of our photos taken in … Continue reading →

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Rushmere in the snow

Posted on February 9, 2012 by batsinbeds

Two of us went over to a snow covered Rushmere Park to look at the proposed sites from sculpture installations with a view to seeing whether they would get in the way for bats. There shouldn’t be a problem and … Continue reading →

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Barbastelle at Harrold Odell Country Park

Posted on February 8, 2012 by batsinbeds

We always get a backlog of sound recordings from surveys which wait until Winter to get analysed.  Kel took a break from refurbishing her house to analyse a recording from Harold Odell Country Park made last year and found we … Continue reading →

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Posting on You Tube

Posted on February 8, 2012 by batsinbeds

This cold weather means I have been slowly working down my ” to do”list. I have finally got to uploading a couple of short video clips onto You Tube O ne is of the young noctule  we reared ( with … Continue reading →

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Go Rhino Man

Posted on February 7, 2012 by batsinbeds

The Bat Conservation Trust’s Xavier Hamon worked long and hard on the Bat Conservation Trust’s Bats for All Resource pack. You might be forgiven for thinking that he would be putting his feet up. But no, he has another plan … Continue reading →

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How to give bats a bad reputation

Posted on February 5, 2012 by batsinbeds

As bat workers, we invest a lot of time into trying to persuaded the public that there is nothing to be afraid of as far as bats are concerned. Sometimes it seems we are fighting a losing battle with the … Continue reading →

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Beavers meet a bat

Posted on February 3, 2012 by batsinbeds

We did another talk for beavers last night. This time there was no one who was frightened of bats. Once again the youngsters listened enthralled and both they and the adults present enjoyed meeting the bat. We always make a … Continue reading →

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Bedfordshire Bat Group Reduces Child to tears!

Posted on January 31, 2012 by batsinbeds

Last night we were giving a talk for a beaver group. I used a talk I had used many times before and which has e sween by literally thousands of youngsters. So I was a bit nonplussed when on putting … Continue reading →

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