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Tag Archives: bat care
A story with a happy ending.
Way back in the Winter we brought a very underweight noctule into care. She gave birth earlier this year and Simon has been caring for both of them. Mum got very podgy and was not keen to fly. So she … Continue reading
More bats in care
This weather has sure led to more bats being found grounded. Kel has been busy picking up juveniles and this morning Bob and Jude got a call from friends in Wootton who had found a juvenile who had flown into … Continue reading
A flurry of bats to care for.
Now is a peak time for finding grounded bats.Aidan has been finding these and much more over the last couple of of days I received a call from Simon about a Bat Care call near my home in Biggleswade. A … Continue reading
Bat Care
Now is usually the time when we start getting busy on the Bat Care front. Like many bat group we have our own Bat Care Team, though we take in fewer bats than some groups. We usually get about thirty … Continue reading
Cat damaged bat making good progress
Last week I posted a picture from Gail Armstrong showing the kind of injury a cat can inflict on a bat. She has now posted a second photo which chows just how resilient a bat can be.The wing is now … Continue reading
Curiousity killed the bat
The main predator of bats is the cat. In some cases they find an already grounded bat, but they are also capable of catching bats as they come out of their roosts. We know of one case of … Continue reading
Valentine’s Day bats released
The pair of bats that were rescued on Valentine’s day- one of which is shown on he left- ( see https://www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk/wordpress/?p=6994) were finally released back where they were found last night as this good weather continued The pair flew off … Continue reading
Latest news on Noctule and pup
Simon Pidgeon who is taking care of the female Noctule and her pup posted the following on our facebook page last night “First test flight for mum and pup Noctule on Wednesday night, thanks to Steve Freeman and co at … Continue reading
Natterer’s Bat released back into the wild
Last night the good weather continued so Hedj and Kel took the opportunity to return the now podgier Natterer’s bat to the wild. They were joined by the people who found her and by Bob and I. Kel has reported … Continue reading
An unusual client for our bat care team.
Most of the bat calls we get are pipistrelles, brown long eareds and the occasional Noctule. But yesterday Hedj went to pick up a bat and found to his ( and our) delight that it was a Natterer’a bat. This … Continue reading