Monthly Archives: January 2014

Things youngsters say

Friday saw Simon go back to give another talk at the Eaton Bray Academy armed with a talk and some masks for the youngsters to make. He asked them why they thought bats did not come out at night and … Continue reading

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January Hibernation Survey

This weekend’s hibernation survey has again broken records, with a total of 172 bats (previous highest 168 in Dec 2012). The December 2013 was 106, possibly because the mild weather had not driven bats underground as early as the last … Continue reading

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Outdoors – a visit to Rushmere Country Park

The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring- cleaning his little home. First with brooms, then with dusters; then on ladders and steps and chairs, with a brush and a pail of whitewash; till he had dust … Continue reading

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Mitigation for development

A forthcoming development in Bedfordshire has been told to provide 20 bat boxes as mitigation. Earlier this week Bob had a meeting with the ecologist and Phil Irving of the Greensand Trust to discus where to put these boxes. The … Continue reading

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Updating the website

In the lull in between hibernation surveys, I will be trying to update some parts of the website, You can check when a particular page was last updated by looking at the top of each page. I am starting by … Continue reading

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The New Year begins – Talks

This is the time of year when we try to plan our activities for the new bat season which kicks off in April.We do sometimes get asked to do talks in the early part of the year and we have … Continue reading

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Happy New Year

In China bats are seen as as a symbol of good luck. The Wu Fu, or five bats of happiness, stand for the five blessings: old age, wealth, health, virtue and natural death. I wish you a joyous New Year … Continue reading

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