Monthly Archives: April 2018

Lakeside 26th April

Hurrah, not another night watching darkness fall with not a bat in sight. 183 bats counted out. Only eight counted out at the exit I  watched. Evening enlivened by birds in nearby tree telling sparrowhawk in no uncertain terms to … Continue reading

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Stockgrove Survey

Monday’s survey saw the bats co-operating. More than 50 Daubentons passes of the lake, brown long eared bats a a box, another box had a probable Daubenton in it. Regular readers of this blog know that we moan endlessly about … Continue reading

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The first Lakeside Survey of the year

We told new memberss that Lakeside was a brilliant survey. Thursday saw a misty day and cold temperatures. 7 bat group members turned out already to count the bats out of the roost The bats were more sensible not one … Continue reading

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April Kings Wood survey

First Kings Wood box survey yesterday. Very muddy. Bob took two ground sheets so he could improvise shelter to process bats out of the rain. As it happened the ringed brown long eared bat and 3 sopranos were all found … Continue reading

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Sad news about Priory Country Park

We have worked with the Rangers at Priory Country Park very amicably for many years. So like many other Park users we were devastated by Bedford Borough’s decision to make two of the rangers redundant, especially as they have done … Continue reading

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Bat season is upon us

After what seems an endless steam of paperwork, it is time to get out and about again. We are a bit behjnd on confirming dates due to circumstances beyond our control. I have begun to update web pages with this … Continue reading

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