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October 2007
Photo Jude HIrstwood
Articles
Why the subscription is going up
The Annual Report
Michele at Mulu caves 2007-1- mulu caves
Bats at Malaysia’s Gomantong caves and Poring Springs 2007-1- gomatong caves
Habitat regs made simpler
Count Bat Update
News
The summer that never was
Can bats avoid hangovers?
Bats and Marberg’s disease
A new project for next year
Ideas for Christmas presents a book of bat poems
A bat detector for £60
July 2007
Bat drawing by Omar
Articles
The serotine project
How bats feed2007 7 Bat feeding strategies
Video of bulldog bats in flight
Count Bat events
A “pond bat” in Bedfordshire
News
What feeds on bats? 2007 7 what’s eating you
Bat aerodynamics click here for New Scientist article
Self inflating batClick here for another example
Bats, wind turbines and migration routes
Survey Updates
A Nathusius’ pipistrelle in Beds
Herts Noctules make it to YouTube click here to see them.
Serendipity- a web site of of taxonomic trivia
Bats as aircraft insignia.
April 2007
Photo Simon Joynes
Articles
Hanging out at Haynes
Who’s in a name?
Underneath the arches – Bats in the Transpantanal
2007 4 Bats in the Pantanal
Joan in Nepal
A Tibetan bat folktale
Hibernation Updates
News
Count bat is getting bigger
Bats and aircraft design Click here for link to New Scientist where you can see video footage of bats flying in a wind tunnel
Grant updates
Bats are lazy murderous sex pests
The new bat group committee
January 2007
Photo Phil Richardson
Articles
Phil Richardson on The Curious Case of the Pipistrelles in the Night
Bedfordshire’s first ever albino bat record
Bats in Brasil2007 1 Batistasdoc
Big bats and little bats in Trinidad and Tobago Click here for pictures
*Maned Wolves and Myotis at Caraça. Photogallery to accompany this article
2007-1 Accra Zoo
A personal view on the quest for the elusive barbastelle
Gilbert White has more to say on bats
Are bats football supporters?
News
The Bat Conservation Trust conference report
BCT and bat groups
Count Bat comes to Bedfordshire
[UK bats ] – a new discussion forum
To infinity and beyond – plans for 2007.
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October 2006
Caraca monastery Photo Jude HIrstwood
Articles
The curious case of the pipistrelle in the night time
2006-11 learning to fly
“Bats not angels” – bats in a local church
More curious incidents of bats in the night
National Bat helpline
Bats feel for their prey
Gilbert White on Bats
Joan in Hungary
Hibernation prediction
News
Bat walks
Survey updates –
Bats related to horses
Vampires recognise their prey’s breathing
Babbling bats
Project Saving Starbeard
July 2006
Photo Alan Piggott
Articles
Bringing up baby 2006-6 Bringing up baby
The eclipse in Ghana
Ann in Costa Rica
Joan in Venezuela
The Whipsnade Monitoring Project
2005 results (with additional illustrations)
News
Visit to John Adams Roost
BBC Springwatch Surveys
April 2006
Photo Bob Cornes
Articles
Bat records- why they matter
2006-4-Identifying bats in flight
The new record sheet
6 figure grid references the easy way
A bat is born – bat development
2006-4-11pregnancy and birth
A bat is born – The Bat Poet
A Ghanaian perspective on excluding bats
“No-one truly loves a bat” A 1960s viewpoint
The Whipsnade Hibernaculum Project – a historical aside
News
Winter Indoor meeting round up
Whipsnade member’s day.
Hibernation check update
Bat box update
Insect syringes for sampling bat blood
The truth behind Brickhill Bertie’s unfeasibly large genitalia
Why bats head for the pub
Fruit bats a reservoir for Ebola virus?
Fruit bat taxonomy
The world’s oldest bat?
More on Whipsnade
January 2006
Photo Jude HIrstwood
Articles
Pat Clarke – an appreciation
Sperm storage in bats 2006 1 sperm storage
Bat conservation in Ghana ghana1
Barbastelle radiotracking September 2005
Artebius literatus – A Honduran Hooligan
Why bats don’t get cramp
Bat News
Bat boxes
BCT conference update wind turbines, gloves and stuff
Horseshoes and SARS
Bat group diary
Bat group activities – walks, talks, visits
Nathusius pipistrelles in Bedfordshire
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October 2005
Articles
Bat research in the 1920s
Sex and the single bat 2005-10The Biology of Courtship
Bat spells for Halloween 2005-10.spells
Bats in Wales
Barbastelle radiotracking August 2005
News
Survey updates.
Read about pipistrelles and sparrowhawks 2005-11-Sparrowhawk
Bat group summer activities – walks, talks, visits
Tamir in Honduras
Winter bat box survey
Winter hibernaculum checks
July 2005
Articles
Bats and wind turbines
*A walk on the Wild side – Whipsnade Walk
That damned elusive barbastelle:
barbastelle
1.The history of barbastelle in Bedfordshire
2.This year’s quest -a new site
3.Notes of a radio tracker 2005-7-notes of a tracker
How broad is our church?
2005-7 the mouse oracle of Baule
News
BCT sunrise and sunset survey 2005
Frog eating bats
Survey updates
Bat group diary
BCT say bat numbers are rising
Are local pipistrelle numbers declining?
New noctule roost at Haynes Church End?
Vampire bat athletes
April 2005
Photo Jude HIrstwood
Articles
Bats in trees`2005-1-Bats in Trees
Bats in Houses 2005-1-Bats in houses
Mark Twain on bats
The Pipistrelle Roost Project
Stockgrove Country Park 2005-4–Stockgrove country park
News
Warm bats
Flying doctors
Bat identification guide
Bat group diary
Hibernaculum checking highlights
Photo tour of the Aspley Guise Hibernaculum
Photo tour of the Whipsnade hibernacula
Inside the tunnel
January 2005
Hhibernating Natterer's Bat Photo Phil Cannings
Articles
Editorial Handover
2005-1 The Biology of Hibernation
Bats in Poland by Phil Richardson
The Whipsnade Hibernaculum Project
News
Bats in dormouse boxes
Bat evolution
Bat group diary
Bats in New Zealand
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