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Bat Care update – good and bad news

Bat care as I never tire of saying can be heartbreaking, but then at the same time there are success stories. This is the latest update from Soggy Sad news Dean and Spencer both expired over the weekend. They got … Continue reading

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A really amazing photo of a pip pup feeding

If you are a regular reader of this web site or indeed visit out Facebook page, the name Hedj Dollman should be familiar to you. He is a professional photographer and a bat group member, and we often use his … Continue reading

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Bat Care- a flurry of grounded bats

This hot weather has led to a flurry of grounded bats and abandoned pups. Soggy went back to a roost where she had found a pip pup to find that most of the roost hvef moved out, perhaps because it … Continue reading

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Flight cage in use again

I just loved this photo that Soggy took as her latest charge got ready for flight practice, as she says, just look at the glint in his eye!

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Some really good news from the Bat Care Team

Last year Soggy took in a pup who had been separated from its mum. Hand rearing a bat is no easy task. She hadn’t gained enough weight to be released last year. She was overwintered  with Bill and was the … Continue reading

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The Bat Cave is open for Business

Last night was the official opening of the Bat Group Bat Cave. Soggy has worked long an hard to develop this project and has been helped by a  team of volunteers to get it ready. Last night we had the … Continue reading

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Hurrah for Bedfordshire Wildlife Rescue

Over the years we have had a lot of support from Sam Bedford at Bedfordshire Wildlife Rescue, who has always been generous in giving the group advice – especially in the early days of bat care. We used to meet … Continue reading

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Coming soon – New flight cage

We have just ordered a polytunnel which we are going to use to test fly bats that are in our care. We have chosen this as it does not need planing permission and one of our members has land we … Continue reading

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Bye bye Barbastelle

At this time of year it is had to decide when to let a bat go, as hibernation time draws closer. The decision was to release him as soon a he put on some weight and was able to fly … Continue reading

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A rare bat in care

Now is the time of year when bats are going into hibernation and bat calls finish but we had  a call a coule of days ago which got us very excited. Geraldine who went with Dick to collect the bat … Continue reading

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