Monthly Archives: January 2012

Talks and Walks

Posted on January 13, 2012 by batsinbeds

  It’s still only January, but things are hotting up on the walk and talk front. In the last twenty four hours we have been asked to do 5 talks and a walk later in the year. The talks are … Continue reading →

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Flying bats in January

Posted on January 10, 2012 by batsinbeds

Bats are hibernating at the moment and we will be checking hibernation sites again this weekend,  However, bats do revive periodically to have a drink and will sometimes fly around to look for food. One of our members spotted a … Continue reading →

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A new wood to explore.

Posted on January 9, 2012 by batsinbeds

We were contacted by the owner of a wood North of Bedford and asked if we would be interested at seeing what bats there were. As it is not far from some woodland with barbastelles in , we were keen … Continue reading →

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Talk about Bedfordshire’s Bats 19th January 2012

Posted on January 9, 2012 by batsinbeds

Title: An introduction to Bedfordshire’s Bats Location: St Mary’s Stables Haynes West End TL081411 Start Time: 19.30 Date: 19th January End Time: 20.15    Park your car outside ST Mary-s Church and then walk back towards the junction. The Stables … Continue reading →

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Luton Hoo renovation wins National Award.

Posted on January 4, 2012 by batsinbeds

  One of the hibernation sites we have mentioned in the past is the purpose built hibernation site at Luton Hoo. We were delighted to hear that LLoydbore, the firm that oversaw all the redevelopment of Luton Hoo including the … Continue reading →

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Count Bat Resource Pack

Posted on January 3, 2012 by batsinbeds

Jude had her last meeting of the Count Bat steering group yesterday. Work is well advanced on the production on a really extensive resource pack. Yesterday we were shown the final cut of the short videos that have been made. … Continue reading →

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Bedfordshire Bat Group Website

Posted on January 3, 2012 by batsinbeds

In October this year I completed a complete reworking of the website  using WordPress.  That bit was easy. What was harder was moving it onto our ISP server and for months Danny and Tony have been wrestling with it. Finally … Continue reading →

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New Bat Conservation Trust website design

Posted on January 3, 2012 by batsinbeds

  For years whenever the conversation lulled among bat enthusiasts, the topic you could always rely on was how hard it was to find anything on the Bat Conservation Trust website. It looks like we need to think of a … Continue reading →

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Rushmere roost tree felled

Posted on January 2, 2012 by batsinbeds

In 2011 we reported the fact that we had found a Noctule roost at the entrance to Rushmere Country Park. This tree was then damaged during a storm. It was tethered to other trees but the Greensand Trust applied to … Continue reading →

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Pipistrelles in boxes at Priory Country Park

Posted on January 2, 2012 by batsinbeds

Danny checked the boxes recently and found that he had ten pipistrelles in 5 boxes. Obviously the bats have decided it is warm enough to stay put

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