Monthly Archives: April 2020

Bat detector out of window update

Last night a phallanx of common and sorprano pipistrelles organised a flypast by our house  Bob recorded a massive 89 passes last night .Made Bob’s day. Hope they visit other lonely detectorists tonight.

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Frequently asked questions about bats

More people are finding bats are fascinating. (Nothing beats a lockdown for developing a new interest) I’ve updated Bob’s handout he used when training Ampthill Park volunteers when he trained them to lead Bat Walks in Ampthill Park.with some answer … Continue reading

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Echolocation key

By popular request I’ve posted Bob’s key on echolocation on the website again   Key to echolocation calls v5

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What did I do during lockdown?

Racked my brain to think of things to post here. Then I remembered,. For fifteen years I have been running an ever more occasional series in the bat group newsletter base on Simon Bond’s  101 uses for a Dead Cat  … Continue reading

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What to do when in lockdown

What can I fill the blog with now that we are confined to barracks? Photo GC .Name alphabetized to save the innocentSome of us have been reduced to leaving detector in our back gardens and getting sadly excited when a … Continue reading

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Social Isolation- The SM4 that came in from the cold

What on earth to do when you can’t go out and listen to bats? Bring the bats to you. To explain we have not been out kidnapping bats. We left a trail camera and an SM4 in one of the … Continue reading

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More things to do when socially isolated

  Chiroptrivia “Life is a beautiful and strange creature that appears at a window, flies swiftly through the banquet and is gone.”  The Venerable Bede and there can be few more strange and wonderful creatures than a bat. So this … Continue reading

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