Monthly Archives: February 2012

Noctule roost at Putnoe wood blows over.

Posted on February 27, 2012 by batsinbeds

Having found a new roost at the weekend, it is now time to report the loss of another one. This tree was home to some Noctules in a Bedford Wood. It has recently fallen over.( You can see from the … Continue reading →

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Another new bat roost.

Posted on February 26, 2012 by batsinbeds

Bat group members Martin, Polly, Mark and Mick were wandering through a wood looking for badger signs and stumbled across a likely looking roost tree. Martin just happened to have an endoscope about his person and was able to confirm … Continue reading →

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Jeremy Deller: Joy in People 22 February – 13 May 2012

Posted on February 26, 2012 by batsinbeds

Jeremy Deller has a major retrospective at the Hayward Gallery at the moment. The last room in the exhibition is devoted to a 3D film of flying bats made in Texas, See an audio slideshow  which gives you an idea … Continue reading →

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Nicaraguan Bat Poster

Posted on February 23, 2012 by batsinbeds

Last November a group of British Bat and American bat workers went to Nicaragua on a bat trip led by Fiona Reid and Nicaraguan bat worker Arnulfo Medina Fitoria and his sidekicks  herpetologist Milton Salazar and Ornithologist Orlando Jarquin. You … Continue reading →

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Bat call in Dunstable

Posted on February 23, 2012 by batsinbeds

A call from the National Bat helpline sent us to a house in Dunstable where a bat flew out of the cavity wall when a window was being replaced. Builders know they must stop work if they find a bat … Continue reading →

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Bat Group February committee meeting

Posted on February 21, 2012 by batsinbeds

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.

Posted on February 21, 2012 by batsinbeds

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

Posted on February 20, 2012 by batsinbeds

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.

Posted on February 18, 2012 by batsinbeds

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

Posted on February 18, 2012 by batsinbeds

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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