Tag Archives: Daubenton’s

66 Bats caught at Harold Odell

It started off being a night to show Kel and Hedj how to set up a harp trap, with Becky and Nicky coming along to watch. Then, just before we set off, Daniel Hargreaves rang to say he was in … Continue reading

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Record numbers of Daubenton’s ( and people) at Stockgrove on July 28th

Geraldine writes: We had a very good turn out for this survey (13 in all), with a number of people who  were nn members who were paying their first visit to Stockgrove.* The additional allure of Bob harp trapping may … Continue reading

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Nathusius 2 : Bat Group 1

The Nathusius centred curse continued to play havoc earlier this week. Bob and Sogs tried netting at Barton, but the wind was too strong and the only they caught was a chill. The following night, Jonathan, Andrew and Bob tried … Continue reading

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Nathusius remain elusive.

Regular readers will know that the King of the Nathusius has had great fun sabotaging our attempt to capture his subjects. He has been very successful invoking downpours and even dramatic thunder storms. All too aware  that we were planing … Continue reading

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Rain stops play at Priory again.

We had planned to go back to Priory for another attempt at trapping Nathusius’ pipistrelle. The Met Office kept changing the time when the thunderstorm would hit and in the end we decided to go ahead. Bob and Aidan both … Continue reading

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Stockgrove Survey June 30th

A relatively quiet night with fewer coprano pipistrelles than usual. Bob is hypothesising that they  have given burth and are foraging closer to hiome. The number of common pips was higher – maybe for the same reason, but we don’t … Continue reading

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Bat detector training course

On Saturday Bob ran a bat detector training course for bat group members and  some special guests at Priory Country Park.  This was aimed at folk without a great deal of practical experience, thugh we had a couple of mor … Continue reading

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Tiddenfoot Water Park, Walk for the Friends.

Our hearts sank when there was a thunderstorm just before we set off, but it stopped before we got there, and the night was warm and balmy. Bob talked a bit about bats and bat detectors while we waited for … Continue reading

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Noctules show off at Harrold Odell Country Park

On Thursday the usual suspects made their way to Harold Odell to see what bats were waiting for them Dave Odell wrote Great night out with the Bat Group last night.Excellent display by several Soprano Pips and then the Noctules … Continue reading

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Stockgrove 16th June

A fortnight ago Stockgrove Country Park was seething with bats.This time  the combination of the sky failing to darken and a colder wind made for less excitement bat wise, but there were other things to entertain us Geraldine takes up … Continue reading

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