Tag Archives: Lakeside

The stranded bat

On Thursday we went to the soprano pip roost. It was an NBMP count night, so of course the bats made it as hard as possible. It is the time of year when the young start flying. They seem to … Continue reading

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Lakeside survey

Thursday saw the first of these surveys. As we arrived the skies opened ( very witty universe), but it eased off before we started the roost count –  for a bit at least Then the skies opened again and caused … Continue reading

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Lovely sighting of common pipistrelles

At the Lakeside survey on Thursday, there was a lot of light in the sky. This made counting a bit easier . (Bats have young to feed and are coming out despite the light) It also gave a wonderful sight … Continue reading

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Thrown in at the deep end

Becky is one of our keenest new bugs and came along with us to the Lakeside survey. Soggy showed her round the site, gave her a tally counter and left her to it. 800 bats later Becky emerged from the … Continue reading

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The bat season starts here

On Thursday we had our first survey of the year, We had two new members coming along and we hoped there would be some bats to listen to. We went to visit our the soprano roost, half expecting there would … Continue reading

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Yet more bats at the Lakeside Survey

A busy night at the Lakeside survey last night While some us counted the bats out of the roost Soggy Dave, Bob and John went of for a wander round a nearby wood.,which had many mossies and lots of toadlets. … Continue reading

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A game of two halves

Last night was a busy one for the Bat Group with two regular surveys The first survey was at the Lakeside sight and was curtailed by rain after only(!) 489 bats were counted out before  rain stopped play and the … Continue reading

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Lakeside Survey – and we are off

The bat group visits this site one a fortnight. Last time we went there was not a bat in sight. How things change. The rain held off long enough for us to count the bats coming out of the roost. … Continue reading

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The Lakeside survey 16th August

Soggy, the lakeside co-ordinator, was convinced that this night would be the peak number for the soprano roost. The bats were anthropomorphically speaking, aware that she was not present, and so kept their numbers down. “Just” the 1100. In addition … Continue reading

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Lakeside Survey – Record numbers of midges

Soggy says “Even a downpour before and after the survey did not deter the 1340 soprano  pipistrelles emerging ^8^ even more to follow if the sounds still within the roost is anything to go by” Counting them was a challenge … Continue reading

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