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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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Lakeside survey

Meanwhile elsewhere other bat group members were counting soprano pipistrelles out of their roost. This is not without its hazards. At the beginning of the season the nearby nettle patch was quite easily dealt with. Last night the recent rain … Continue reading

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Harrold Odell revisited

Back to Harrold Odell last night to a cool but not rainy night. We found quite a good spot close to the water.                                   … Continue reading

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Further proof that bats don’t read books.

On Friday Bob did a roost visit to a house nestled in woodland. The people who had lived their chose it because of its proximity to the natural world. Only some of the natural world had moved in and they … Continue reading

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A Natural England Roost visit with a difference

A number of the bat group are specially trained volunteers, who go out on behalf of Natural England to visit churches and homes, where people want advice about bats. (This service is free). At this time of year things begin … Continue reading

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Bechstein’s Project Round 3, Day 2.

The day was spent checking equipment, planning the evening logistics, looking at sound recordings, checking video recordings and plugging  a vast number of battery chargers throughout the house. More cake was made  and then headed off to the next wood … Continue reading

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Stockgrove Park analysis of calls.

While the rest of those present, trudged round the park looking at roosts, Jude sat herself down at the point we do the Daubenton’s Count and made a continuous recording of bat activity there. ( with Jo to keep her … Continue reading

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Lakeside survey

Thursday night was a busy night for the bat group. As well as the Harrold Odell survey, we also had the lakeside survey. This is only for bat group members and we are allowed to take 8 members at a … Continue reading

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Lakeside Pipistrelles

We have been getting record numbers in “our” soprano pipistrelle roost this season. Things started well with 170 at the beginning of April. On May 12th there were 998 bats and a fortnight later we counted 999. Early June saw … Continue reading

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