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Brilliant Bat Event at Stockwood Discovery Centre

Posted on December 18, 2012 by batsinbeds

In November  I did a talk for Luton NCS about bats. Since then they have been busy making bat boxes and organising an event at Stockwood Discovery Centre.               You can see pictures of … Continue reading →

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Building Bat boxes in Bedford Schools 2012

Posted on December 13, 2012 by batsinbeds

Yesterday saw the last of our visit to Bedford Schools when we visited Beauchamps Middle School As per usual I did the talk (no one cried this time )and left Rangers Danny and Nicky to build the boxes. Later that … Continue reading →

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Bats ( and giraffes) at Priory Lower School

Posted on November 23, 2012 by batsinbeds

One of the things I enjoy ab0ut doing talks in schools is the art work that we get to see. Today we went back to Priory Lower School as part of the Bedford Box Building Project with the Priory Rangers. … Continue reading →

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Bat Box building at Livingstone Lower School Bedford

Posted on November 15, 2012 by batsinbeds

After a quiet week in which there was nothing in the bat group diary, things have started getting busy again. Once again we have got ward councillor funding to run  a series of whole school assemblies followed by building boxes … Continue reading →

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Bats still in residence at Stockgrove Country Park

Posted on November 7, 2012 by batsinbeds

The Bat Group has stopped its fortnightly visit to Stockgrove Country Park as bats head into hibernation. Angie went there at the weekend and noticed that there were bats in two of the bat boxes. Not altogether unexpected as we … Continue reading →

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Bat box survey

Posted on September 24, 2012 by batsinbeds

    We got round 32 of the boxes on Sunday  before the rain came in. Two of the boxes were occupied, both for the first time. One had 6 Soprano Pips (five females and a smug male) and the … Continue reading →

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A night in Wytham Woods

Posted on August 6, 2012 by batsinbeds

Bob and Jude got asked to join a group of bat folk at Wytham Woods in Oxford. This is one of the most heavily studied woods in the country. It has  no less than 1300 bird boxes which are commandeered … Continue reading →

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July Bat box check

Posted on July 31, 2012 by batsinbeds

We did another box check on Sunday and managed to look at all 53 boxes. We were a little disappointed that we only found two soprano pipistrelles, one of which was incredibly stroppy. But we also had a number of … Continue reading →

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Stockgrove Country Park July 23rd

Posted on July 30, 2012 by batsinbeds

Angie who co-ordinates this survey wrote.     “It was a surprisingly quiet night on the bat front last night despite it being a beautiful warm evening. Only box 10 had a resident, a solitary Soprano who left the roost … Continue reading →

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Wardown Park Survey

Posted on June 27, 2012 by batsinbeds

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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