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If you go down to the woods tonight

Posted on August 22, 2011 by batsinbeds

Friday  saw  8 of us make the mad decision to spend a whole night out in the woods. The idea was to try to locate where bats appear first in the wood with the hope of finding a roost. We … Continue reading →

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Mist netting at Sandy Warren

Posted on August 17, 2011 by batsinbeds

After our earlier success we went back to Sandy Warren to see if we could catch some of those numerous Myotis. I bet you can already guess the outcome. They had all flown off somewhere else and we heard hardly … Continue reading →

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Lakeside survey

Posted on August 5, 2011 by batsinbeds

Numbers were down at the roost last night to a mere (sic ) 750. This was probably because the juveniles were born early this year and so have dispersed. We’ll have to see what happens in a fortnight. Once again … Continue reading →

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Lakeside Pipistrelles

Posted on July 31, 2011 by batsinbeds

We have been getting record numbers in “our” soprano pipistrelle roost this season. Things started well with 170 at the beginning of April. On May 12th there were 998 bats and a fortnight later we counted 999. Early June saw … Continue reading →

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