Tag Archives: bat boxes

Lia Gilmour’s video of a brown long eared bat in the hand

Posted on June 11, 2012 by batsinbeds

                    On the box check at the beginning of the month Lia Gilmour took a short video of this gentleman as he was being handled. You can see it at on … 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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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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First Stockgrove Park survey of the season.

Posted on April 3, 2012 by batsinbeds

April 1st is the official start of the bat season and we made a good start yesterday when we did out first Stockgrove Park  survey. We had five species of bat – soprano and common pipistrelles, brown long eared bats … Continue reading →

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Box building photogallery

Posted on February 20, 2012 by batsinbeds

Catching up with  photogalleries from the old web site again. This time I have put together a photo album of Kent Bat Box leaflet building sessions with schools and youth groups in Bedfordshire. We’ve been done this since 2007 the … Continue reading →

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Pipistrelles in boxes at Priory Country Park

Posted on January 2, 2012 by batsinbeds

Danny checked the boxes recently and found that he had ten pipistrelles in 5 boxes. Obviously the bats have decided it is warm enough to stay put

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First Bat Box check for new bat project

Posted on September 12, 2011 by batsinbeds

The bat group put up fifty boxes in a Bedfordshire wood , following a grant from Costain Carillion, in the beginning of May. Today, some of the bat group went out to check them. As much to check they could … Continue reading →

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7 pipistrelles in a bat box at Priory

Posted on August 15, 2011 by batsinbeds

Danny Fellman has just sent us this picture of no less that 7 pipistrelles in a single box at Priory. Just for once not in a Kent Box. These are in some boxes based on the Vincent Wildlife Trust design … Continue reading →

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Bat box building at Luton Parkinson’s Association

Posted on August 13, 2011 by batsinbeds

We went to do a talk and run a box building session for Luton Parkinson’s Association last night and had a lovely time. They were a great group and were well up  for a bit of box building. They made … Continue reading →

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