Newsletter archives 2008-2011

This page contains details of the contents of previous Bedfordshire Bat Group newsletters
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There is a list of articles here http://batsinbeds.wordpress.com/articles/

October 2011

Photo Derek Smith Surrey Bat Group

Articles
Multiple births in bat s2011-10 Twins1 2011-10-twins 2
Bat Care 2010
The bats of Trinidad’s Navara swamp2011-10 Bats of the navara swamp
The BCT investigations Project
Margaret’s first bat experience
The Echo
Rushmere Tree Reprieve
all night survey
More news on echolocation
Woodland surveys
Bat Quiz night
Serotines revisited
Walks talks and events
The Social Call
What’s on this Winter: Hibernation Survey, Indoor meetings

July 2011

Photo of Painted Bat by Bob Cornes

Articles
Male pipistrel.le ina prematernity roost
2011-6-pipistrelle roost
The p[ainted bat of Thailand 2011-7-painted bat
Bats tongues 2011-7-bats tongues
Why are Leisler’s so hard to identify 2011-7- Leisler’s
What’s the advantage of cf calls?2011-7- Leisler’s

 Sight Concern walk at Stckgrove
2011-7- sightconcern walk
Canoe survey 2011-7messing about on the river

News
Why bats don’t like rain
Survey updates
More on white nose syndrome

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April 2011

Photo Jude Hirstwood

Articles
White nose syndrome
Two new bat box designs
2011 surveys
More boxes in Bedford
Luton Project update.
News
Bats and Beavers 2011-4 bats and pitcher plants
Bat Care

January 2011

The world’s smallest bat is the Bumble Bee bat. Having now seen it at first hand we can confirm it also one of the stroppiest

Articles
A visit to Newquay Zoo
Autumn swarming2011-1 autumn swarming
Meeting Kitti’s Hog nosed bat 2011-1-Kitti’s hog nosed bat
See a slideshow of Kitti’s Hog nosed bat
News
Luton Project Update

Bechstein’s Bat in N Bucks
The Griffin bat detector
Three new bat species
Green woodpeckers attack Bat Boxes  at Priory Park
Bats and churches
Bat and Wind turbines
Bat boxes in Kings Wood
The (Ig)Nobel prize for fellatio
Why barbastelles whisper

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October  2010

A juvenile Noctule learns to fly in a flight cage. Photo Jude HIrstwood

Articles
More on the Slip End noctule
2010-7-The Slip End Noctule Comes of Age
Even more on the slip end noctule2011-10- noctule learns to fly
Alcathoe’s Bat2010-7-alcathoe’s bat
Bats and Boats
Bat walk for Mind
2010-10 Mind walk
News
Update on the Luton Project
Surveys this summer
Bat boxes in Italy
How bats survive in the desert

July 2010

Newborn noctule Photo Martibn O’Conore

Articles
A new Noctule in town 2010-4-a new noctule in town
2010-4-luton bat project
2010-4 -batsinmind
The Kempston Bat Box Project2010-7-Kempston Bat Box Project
Bat memories
News
The problem with the pancake bat
Why bat pollinated plants are oversexed
Mass bat mortality in India
Bat walks and surveys
Applied echolocation

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 April 2010

Articles

drawing by Joan Childs

The Luton Bat Project
Bats in Mind
Priory Bat Box Project ( Danny has also written an article 2010-4-Priory box overview reviewing the project to date)
Bats and broom sticks
The very hungry serotine2010-4 the very hungry serotine
Hibernation survey )
News
Update on white nose syndrome
East of England conference
New research on echolocation

 January 2010

Articles
The National Bat Conference
VIPs at Whipsnade. (Sight Concern’s report on our Summer bat walk)2010 -1- whipsnade vips
A Five Star Hibernaculum at 5 Star Luton Hoo2010-1 luton Hoo
Priory Park Bat boxes – five to a bed
Wildlife Travel Trip to Hungary 2009 Part 2. Bat watching for the lazy 2010-1 hungary bat holiday
What do Salvador Dali, Great Tits and Ground Squirrels have in common 2010-1-salvidor dali and bats

News
Summer Mistnetting
Other summer events, bat walks, stalls & talks
Bat Care Team update
Newsgroup update
Indoor meetings and AGM

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October 2009

Photo Lizzie Pauling

Articles
Bat Care in Bedfordshire2009-10-bat care
Jersey Bats
Radiotracking a serotine2009-10-serotine radiotracking
Canoe bat paddle More
Bat Group jolly in Somerset
2010-1 hungary bat holiday

News
Summer bat events – walks, surveys and stalls
Two more roost visitor licences.
Christmas suggestions – Bat Group fleeces & more
Bat group newsgroup
Hibernation surveys
Daniel Hargreaves Facebook bat photos
The Flat Bat

July 2009

Daubenton’s Drawing by Elaine Rigby

Articles
Another parti coloured bat 2009-7 particoloured bat
Bats in the Midnight Sun2009-7-yukon bats
Count bat update
Taking bats to a lower school
Surveys update
Infra red photography2009-7 infra red photography of brown long eared bats
New bat group equipment
AGM
Roost visit evening
News
Christmas bats near extinction
Roads are barriers to bats
Brian the Bat
Heavy footed bats
White nose syndrome update
Australian cave art

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April 2009

Articles

Photo Iain Davudsin Watt

Lesser Horseshoes – the Hunt is on
Roost visitor training
Bat pollination 2009-4 Bat pollination
Stockwood Survey
Lakeside sopranos
Hibernation update
A new Hibernation site
Bedford bat boxes
BCT to visit Queen’s Park 2009-4-BCT meets Queens Park
News
Silent bats that aren’t
Update on bat walks and events
Weather Reports
White nose syndrome update
Bat group jolly


January 2009

Photo Ross Baker

Articles
Priory Country Park
Bat group project reaches a wider audience
May London Zoo trip
Bat Care
Vampires
Help the bird club with tawny owl records
News
White nose syndrome update
  River festival 2008 -11river festival
RSPCA report on bat rehabilitation
Help Bedfordshire Bird club get records of tawny owls
wind turbines and bat mortality
2009 AGM
Hungarian Bat Trip organised by the Wildlife Trust

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October 2008

Kelly and LIzzie model their bat outfits

Articles
Adams Roost visit
2009Adams roost
All I want for Christmas
News
An erythristic bat 2008-10 an erythristic bat
Summer surveys,walks and events
Bats care
Bedford River Festival
Sonogram workshop
Bat in a bra
Mud eating bats Nutrition or Detoxification: Why Bats Visit Mineral Licks of the Amazonian Rainforest.
Bechstein’s in Surrey
Bat box building at Queen’s Park lower school 2009-10 bat box building at queen’s park
A rainy walk at Priory


July 2008

Daubenton’s Drawing by Elaine Rigby

Articles
All about pipistrelle2008-7-all about pipistrelles
Bats in Madhya Pradesh Madya Praesh
Bats in Panama2008-7 a bat house in panama
Bats in Ghana2009-7 Accra bats
Twentieth birthday party
News
Queens Park Bat walk May 1st
Meetings and courses
Updates on surveys
For the record – some interesting records for 2008
Worlds noisiest bat Click here for more
Bats as eco warriors Click here for more
Another Daubenton tests positive for EBLV2 Click here for BCT press release

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 April 2008

Epaulated bats Photo by Joan Childs

Articles
2008 4 bats in southern africa
Bat records
The missing tetrads
2007-2008 Hibernation overview
The February Hibernation check
A visit to Box Mine
The pipistrelle maternity roost
New survey at Harrold Odell Country Park
New survey at Priory Country Park
Plans for Queen’s Park 2
News
Count Bat update
Count Bat is back
Bat house competition winners
Bat crime conviction
Magnetic sense in chinese bats
Bat’s in China
Bristol university website)
White nose syndrome in America
Robobat power point and the ChiRoPing project
Australian bat death and global warming

The bat group invades myspace

January 2008

Award winning Scanning electron micrograph by Steve Gescheisnner

Articles
The bat group is twenty in 2008
Origami bats
Bats and gorillas in Uganda
Natural England Roost Visitors course
Count Bat – Bat detector training Where to find bat recordings on the web
Mouse eared bats bats in Egypt
Egyptian cave bats in Uganda
Egyptian fruit bats at Shepreth Wild Animal Park
Another dead Bat – Lucien Freud
New bat accommodation for hibernating bats in Bedfordshire
News
Bat wins national competition (see cover photo)
The bizarre sex life of the african bat bug
Vampire bats in Gran Canaria –a classic case of misreporting
Bat related crime – New BCT report
Fruit bats have a menstrual cycle
Bromham Mill Apple Day
Harlington Halloween Fayre

Earlier newsletters

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