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Bat Care – Good News Part 2

We reported a successful bat rescue two days ago and now have an update. The householder contacted us yesterday to say another bat had got lost, but this time rather than call us out again, the plucky man successfully  reintroduced … Continue reading →

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Bat care – a good news story.

We had a call from a friend yesterday who had found a bat on his living room floor. When we got there we found a juvenile  uninjured female common pipistrelle. It is not unusual for juveniles to forget their way … Continue reading →

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Bat walk at Totternhoe Knolls

Fresh from his media ordeal Bob headed off with 4 other bat group members to help with a walk at Totternhoe Knolls. It was a bright evening and the wind was quite blowy, so to begin with there were no … Continue reading →

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Stockgrove Survey – a visit from some barbastelles

Angie  says “It was a very pleasant evening. The first bat, a Soprano was heard at 8.39, just on the first path into Bakers wood. The first Noctule was heard at 8.51, again in Bakers wood with several more passes … 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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Bats in care- a good news story (so far)

This season has been hard on bats .Many parts of the country have been inundated with juveniles in very poor conditio0n. We have had several that have been so badly malnourished we were unable to anything for them. There are … Continue reading →

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Wardown Park Survey

Two days of good weather in a row.Geraldine says “Another dry evening for a bat survey, the temperature and humidity didn’t drop much between the start and end times. The bat  boxes contained spider webs. It was a Common Pipistrelle … Continue reading →

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Long term patient released

Old news now, but on June 20th Aidan and family released the pipistrelle which has been living at their house since last Autumn. It was badly savaged by a cat and had lost a great deal of fur. It healed … Continue reading →

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Coming home to roost

We are delighted to report that after an absence of two years the pipistrelles are back in their roost at Priory Country Park. The building they roost in had to be repaired and ,although the builders took great care with … Continue reading →

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Harrold Odell Country Park

Once again it wasn’t the best weather to be out last night  but some folk did venture out Kel reports below. “Thanks to the 3  other bat group members who braved getting soggy ( as in “wet” not as in … Continue reading →

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