Tag Archives: noctule

Luton survey

Posted on June 20, 2014 by batsinbeds

After all the excitement of Tuesday night was almost bound to be a bt of an anticlimax but but at least it gave some of us a chance to walk of all yesterday’s cake.Geraldine and Dick write A fairly quiet … Continue reading →

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Stockgrove 16th June

Posted on June 18, 2014 by batsinbeds

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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Trapping at Tiddenfoot

Posted on May 31, 2014 by batsinbeds

After a poor night trapping last night we headed back to Tiddenfoot, which has had spectacular displays of bats both times we went.  The chief bat lookout trained her binoculars on the car park and watched as ten of us … Continue reading →

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The elusive Nathusius

Posted on May 30, 2014 by batsinbeds

We went back to  have another try to catch a Nathusius. It was quite a windy night and we got very cold. We heard  a number of Nathusius flying past, but they did not come into the traps. We did … Continue reading →

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Harp trapping at Stockgrove

Posted on May 20, 2014 by batsinbeds

Geraldine write: First bat of the evening was a Pip in Baker’s Wood, at 20.53, not long after that we had a number of passes that was definitely a Soprano Pipistrelle. Some of the tree roosts, had what looked fresh … Continue reading →

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Lakeside Survey

Posted on May 3, 2014 by batsinbeds

Back again and the nettles have grown quite a bit in the last fortnight. As per usual we surrounded the roost and recorded 780 bats coming out, which is a lot for this time of year I recorded the ones … Continue reading →

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Tiddenfoot Water Park

Posted on April 25, 2014 by batsinbeds

Photo http://www.tiddenfoot.org.uk/ It’s a bit embarrassing to admit this, but in 26 years of the bat group no one, as far as we know , has ever been to Tiddenfoot Water Park  near Leighton Buzzard with a detector.We spotted it … Continue reading →

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Thirty one Noctules in a roost

Posted on August 20, 2013 by batsinbeds

“It proved to be another exciting night at Stockgrove last night. After a quiet start along the route a few unidentified bat sounds at 8.20 as we approached the low roast but what a surprise we had. For the second … Continue reading →

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Sad news about the juvenile Noctule

Posted on August 14, 2013 by batsinbeds

Regular readers will know that we had a Noctule in care3 who gave birth to a son. Mum was successfully released last week, but Junior had not taken to flying at all and we were concerned that he had shown … Continue reading →

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Have harp trap will travel

Posted on August 13, 2013 by batsinbeds

Yesterday we  descended on Flitwick Moor to try to catch a female Natterer’s bat and radio tag it in order to try to locate roosts.. We did this last year at about the same time but fautly glue so the … Continue reading →

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