Tag Archives: pipistrelles

Lakeside survey

Posted on June 9, 2012 by batsinbeds

What a blustery night it was. There were hardly any birds flying and the occasional valiant swift was making heavy weather of flight. Tree leaves plummeted to the group on a regular basis and those of us at the front … Continue reading →

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Lakeside survey

Posted on May 30, 2012 by batsinbeds

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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Harrold Odell survey

Posted on May 30, 2012 by batsinbeds

  Kelly who co-ordinates this survey writes “had a productive survey at Harrold Odell county park last night. Dived bombed by soprano  pips most of the evening. Great views off 3 Daubentons at the bus shelter including one that swooped  … Continue reading →

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Twenty five years of watching common pipistrelles

Posted on May 29, 2012 by batsinbeds

Every year the bat group goes round to John Adams’ common pipistrelle  roost. This year was special as it marked 25 year of John collecting data. ( 2009Adams roost). His daughter made a fantastic cake, which was one of many. … Continue reading →

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Bats at Wardown Park

Posted on May 16, 2012 by batsinbeds

We first went to Wardown Park as part of the Luton Bat Project, and are doing three surveys a year there, which are open to the public. The weather has been dreadful for the first walk last week and we … Continue reading →

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Bats in Stockgrove boxes again

Posted on May 15, 2012 by batsinbeds

Sometimes it feels like it is never going to stop raining. Bob got soaked yesterday  scouting out a site for the forthcoming Bechstein’s project, but he dried out in time to go to Stockgrove co-ordinator Angie described the evening thus … Continue reading →

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Lakeside survey

Posted on May 11, 2012 by batsinbeds

At long last the rain stopped for a bit. Went to the Lakeside survey last night and watched 601 soprano pipistrelles coming out to feed. Not only that but we  also had good views of Noctules andsaw a hobby and … Continue reading →

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Pipistrelles in bat box at Priory Country Park

Posted on May 1, 2012 by batsinbeds

Danny Fellman was doing one of his regular checks of bats in the boxes at Priory Country Park and was pleased to find that one box had five pipistrelles sheltering in it – and what was even better , they … Continue reading →

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Another flying bat

Posted on March 13, 2012 by batsinbeds

A pipistrelle was collected from a firm in Luton yesterday. On being examined by one of our carers at home.the little minx revived and shot off out of the room  and up the stairs, It took more than half an … Continue reading →

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BCT Bat Care Course

Posted on January 26, 2012 by batsinbeds

The Bat Conservation Trust has just put pdfs of some of the talks at the Autumn Bat Care Conference  onto their website. These will be of interest to any one involved in bat care. Bat care is very demanding and … Continue reading →

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