Monthly Archives: May 2021

The night the weather took pity

After Friday’s washout, four brave souls tried again . 6 static detectors were  deployed and two were carried by folk doing walking transects. As if that weren’t enough a pipistrelle roost was found in a house and then to crown … Continue reading

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Weather stops play

Guess what happened to friday’s woodland survey! Pouring rain and high winds meant we called it off Fingers crossed it will be better tonight  An awful lot of planning went into this! Fingers crossed

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Wind stops play

It was very blustery on Thursday with showers, but it was decided to give it go The wind liked a challenge and redoubled is efforts, Only a crazy bat would have come out to feed. No bats were foolish enough … Continue reading

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Bats in Churches Survey

Photo by Bob Cornes The weather took pity on bat workers last night as Chris the consultant and his team worked inside Dean Church, while 3 of the Bat  Group looked for exit points outside. We know know that there … Continue reading

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Biggleswade Common Survey

A new survey for 2021 happened on Mon in an area we had no record for. And what a night was had. Almost continuous bats, Noctules Daubenton’s and common and soprano pips. Came home with 660 recordings, most of which … Continue reading

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Sonograms of Sandy Warren Survey

We make a recording of all the calls we hear on a survey,as even with a number of pair of ears things get missed. So it can be fun when the calls are analysed The human ears didn’t pick up … Continue reading

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New Bat Group in Northamptonshire

For a long time people in Northants didn’t have a membership Bat Group and many have joined us. At long last there is a new bat group,which has just started a Facebook page.  PLEASE NOTE like us belonging to their … Continue reading

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The night it wasn’t really cold

but it was windy and gusty in places, This meant the bats concentrated in sheltered spots at Sandy Warren. This meant it was easier to find bats and we heard more species ,not just comnon and soprano pips but also  … Continue reading

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Stockgrove

“This year at Stockgrove we’re testing out the IR & thermal cameras during the Daubenton’s count over the lake. Here are some stills from the cameras, the IR has a much sharper image but the motion of the bats stands … Continue reading

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The Common pips are back home

Great news. We had a common pip roost which the home owner kept records for over twenty years. We were sad when they left the roost. We were delighted to hear that 2 bats had returned. Hoping they are going … Continue reading

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