Monthly Archives: August 2011

Talk at Stockwood WI

Another talk this morning.We arrived in the nick of time having once again under estimated Luton traffic. We had brought the captive bat who won hearts and made contact with a trustee at Crawley Green Cemetery who was interested in … Continue reading →

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Barbastelles again

What did I tell you?. Off to a second wood tonight all fired up to tag. We did catch a barbastelle but it was male and as the males are solitary so we decided not to tag him. We do … Continue reading →

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Anglian Wolf Society

Some of us were at the Anglian wolf event today. We are never short for volunteers for this event as we get to see the wolves. This year was  the year year of cute. – There was a superb African … Continue reading →

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Citizen scientists

Not a piece of jargon I had come across before, but apparently this is what volunter bat workers are. Was interviewed by phone with an American researcher today. She seemed amazed at how many different things bat groups do in … Continue reading →

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Mist netting success

Last night several bat group members went out to survey a wood in north Bedfordshire . We put up the double height net which Bob improvised last season and it proved its worth again when into it flew not one … Continue reading →

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Lakeside survey

Numbers were down at the roost last night to a mere (sic ) 750. This was probably because the juveniles were born early this year and so have dispersed. We’ll have to see what happens in a fortnight. Once again … Continue reading →

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Citizen Scientist

I’ve been calld a lot of things  before but never this. Bat group member Gill Clough has passed my details onto some researchers in Maryland USA looking  atthe role of volunteers in gathering data for research

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