Monthly Archives: June 2012

Talk at Luton Central Baptist Church

On Tuesday night we gave a talk for Luton Central Baptist Church. They made us feel very welcome and apologised that not all their members were present. But fair does they had spent the day in London on an outing … Continue reading

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Bats and the rain

We have been saying for a while now that  bats are likely to be effected by this rotten weather. Yesterday our main carer Simon got three calls about injured bats which he took into care, including this beauty .This is … Continue reading

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Harrold Odell Country Park

Once again it wasn’t the best weather to be out last night  but some folk did venture out Kel reports below. “Thanks to the 3  other bat group members who braved getting soggy ( as in “wet” not as in … Continue reading

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Rain stops play

The Viking Kayak club has called off tonight’s river survey, for the very good reason that the currents  are too strong . We hope to reschedule this later.

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Stockgrove Survey

How tired are we of this rotten weather? We had to abandon plans of continuous recording because of the rain,| ( Which meant there were f bats abut and all we would record was raindrops at the risk of getting … Continue reading

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Box checking Update

Bob and Bill took advantage of the fact that it was not raining on  Saturday morning to check the last 20 or so boxes that they didn’t manage last week. Nothing until the very last box they checked – one … Continue reading

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Lia Gilmour’s video of a brown long eared bat in the hand

                    On the box check at the beginning of the month Lia Gilmour took a short video of this gentleman as he was being handled. You can see it at on … Continue reading

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Lakeside survey

What a blustery night it was. There were hardly any birds flying and the occasional valiant swift was making heavy weather of flight. Tree leaves plummeted to the group on a regular basis and those of us at the front … Continue reading

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Bechstein’s quest – Day 3

On Saturday the dismal weather forecast  led to the cancellation of the third night of Bechstein Surveys and Lia headed back to Bristol for a well earned rest. Come Monday the weather seemed to be improving and when Bob asked … Continue reading

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Box checking

As a prelude to the third day of the hunt for the Bechstein, Bob and Lia headed off to our third wood, which we reckoned was our best bet yet. It was our last so we could get the hang … Continue reading

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