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Monthly Archives: September 2012
Autumn Swarming
While people in Wiltshire were catching 5 species including Brandt’s, whiskered and Bechstein’s at a swarming site at a mine entrance ( and bemoaning the absence of horseshoe bats) Martin was having a go at one of our small swarming … Continue reading
Cave bats of the central west coast and southern section of the Northwest Panay Peninsula, Panay Island, the Philippines
Last year’s Bat group AGM featured a talk by Antony Mould on his amazing visit- a tale of derring do which would have made Indiana Jones feel a bit of a wimp. He has now had an account of his … Continue reading
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Courts Ladies Luncheon Club
Yesterday the Noctule was invited to lunch when we were invited to speak to the Court Ladies Luncheon Club. On arrival we drove down a passage next to the Old Courthouse and got wildly distracted by a wooden building which … Continue reading
Bat box survey
We got round 32 of the boxes on Sunday before the rain came in. Two of the boxes were occupied, both for the first time. One had 6 Soprano Pips (five females and a smug male) and the … Continue reading
Bat box building in Bedford schools
For several years now the Bedfordshire Bat Group has been working with the Priory Park Country Rangers to give talks on bats and run bat box building sessions at lower and middle schools in Bedford. With the bat season winding … Continue reading
High Speed film of bats
Toby Thorne Bedfordshire and North Bucks Bat Group has been celebrating his success at the National Bat Conference by taking high speed film of bats,You can see his first attempts here http://www.youtube.com/user/tobyjthornehis first attempts here/videos?flow=grid&view=0
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Talk for Ravensden WI
On Tuesday we did a talk for Ravensden WI and took John who has offered to help us do talks along. While Jude was talking Bob who has heard her speak many many times before, escaped outside to listen for … Continue reading
New Trustee at the Bat Conservation Trust
Amongst all the excitement about Daniel Hargreaves wining the Pete Guest Award I forgot to mention that Bob Cornes, the Chair of the Bedfordshire Bat group, has been elected as a Bat group nominated trustee for the Bat Conservation Trust
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Bat Wood carving
Danny has just posted this picture on the Bedfordshire Bat Group Facebook page. It was carved for him by a fellow Ranger at Priory Country Park. They are a very talented bunch
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Confirmed Brandt’s Bat in Bedfordshire
As we said in a recent post, it is very hard distinguish between Brandt’s, whiskered and Alcathoe Bat. So we were pleased to be able to take advantage of modern technology and get a DNA analysis done on some droppings. … Continue reading
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