Monthly Archives: July 2012

A rainy bat walk at Harrold Odell Country Park

It was a nice afternoon on Thursday – blue skies and dry. BUT as the time for the bat walk got nearer so the weather got worse. In Mid Beds it was torrential rain. We headed off to the bat … Continue reading

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Filming Noctules at a bat roost

On Monday we counted 30 Noctules out of a roost at Stockgrove. Last night bat group member Toby tried out his latest bit of kit, an infra red light, and filmed them coming out. The infra red light means that … Continue reading

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Common pipistrelle roost – Update

Earlier this year we reported an important anniversary – 25 years of observing one common pipistrelle roost. https://www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk/wordpress/?p=5755 When we visited in May there were very few bats present, but more came to join the group as the months wore … Continue reading

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Lakeside Survey

On Thursday we waited with excitement to see what had happened to the numbers at the soprano pipistrelle roost. Would they have increased further? Would the bats have given birth to their pup?. It was a warm night with lots … Continue reading

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New book on British Bat Calls

  Great excitement in our household this morning as the new book by Jon Russ has finally been published after a very long delay. Thanks to Pelagic Press for coming to the rescue .  At first glance it seems well … Continue reading

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A Bad Year for Bats

The Bat Conservation Trust has just posted the message below on Facebook. So far we have got off lightly in Bedfordshire but friends elsewhere are reporting large scale abandonment of young. In Beds the bats we caught earlier in the … Continue reading

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Record numbers of bat fans at Sandy Warren

With this bad weather, bats are taking every opportunity to dash out and feed. Likewise bat deprived bat group members , looking out of their window and seeing an absence of rain, rushed out to their cars and drove to … Continue reading

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