With the relatively mild winter weather we weren’t expecting anything exceptional on this survey, but numbers weren’t greatly down. Barbastells were few and far between, but we have only found them in large quantities when it is really cold and has been for quite a while.
Once again we were knee deep in Natterer’s which we rarely catch in the summer and the pipistrelles which haunt our nets , were rarely found. They obviously have other preferred hibernation spots
We found the following bats:
Natterer’s 88
Daubenton’s 39
unidentified Myotis 8
BLE 15
Barbastelle 2
One of the Daubenton’s was the first ever to be found at Braystone
Natterer’s Bat Photo Hedj Dollman
2 Natterer’s deep in a hibernation box. Photo Hedj Dollman
Natterer’s bat. Photo Bob Cornes
There were also several nice non bat finds
Cave spider Photo by Hedj Dollman
Drone flies hibernating Photo by Hedj Dollman
Herald Moth. Photo Hedj Dollman
Hedj took all his photos with just his mobile A rather chilly Hedj Dollman, ace photographer! Photo Kei.