As the snow fell albeit gently, the brave souls of the bat group headed out into dark and dank spaces to look for bats., fortified by flapjacks and cake.
Flapjacks. Photo Jude Hirstwood
Once again we had a bumper haul. The total for the weekend was 204 bats
A barbastelle plays hide and seek. Photo Martio0 Ginepro
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137 Natterer’s,
4o Daubentons,
18 Brown long eared bats,
4 barbastelles,
3 Myotis who were too hidden away to make a definite ID
No pipistrelles
2 bats so hidden away any kind of ID was impossible.
Brown long eared bat, not hiding. Photo Martino Ginepro
Daubenton’s bat Martino Ginepro
Brown long eared bat hiding more successfully. Photo Martino Ginepro
bat fluorescing under u.v. light. Martino Ginepro
Once again we observed that bats fluorescence