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Harrold Odell Country Park box check and survey

Hanna writes; “Nothing in the April Bat Box Check and the walked transect was good. Lots of pip activity all around the lake and some myotis (likely daubs over the lake) and noctule activity. Matthew bought an infared scope which … Continue reading

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And we are off

The season begins! After a long hiatus we checked the Harrold Odell Country Park  bat boxes. They had been checked in January to see if they needed repair. Today we checked to see if there were perchance any residents. As … Continue reading

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Harrold Odell Box check

As with Kings Wood there were no bats in the boxes but lots of blue tits, including one with a clutch of eleven  eggs  Picture https://www.lovegardenbirds.co.uk/blog/attracting-blue-tits/

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One person bioblitz at Harrold Odell

Pinpoint Bat  did its first bioblitz at Harrold Odell Country Park. Nicky borrowed for Pinpoint Bat kits and used her own detector and the two bat group Griffins and set them up in the park. She left them overnight. When … Continue reading

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Harold Odell Bat Boxes

Nicky and Bob checked the boxes on Sunday and found 2 of the 10 boxes occupied. One of them had five common pipistrelles in and the other had 2. Photos by Bob Cornes

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Box check at Harrold Odell

It didn’t rain when Nicky, James, Antonio and Peter checked the boxes on Sunday. As was the caselast year, birds have decided to build their nests in most of boxes. The one below is obviously a softy, and had made … Continue reading

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Harrold Odell Box survey

Hedj Kel and Nicky checked the boxes at  Harrold Odell. As happened last year some birds had built nests in the boxes, which they left well alone. Of bats there were none. Nicky did spot a shy elfin creature fishing … Continue reading

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Harrold Odell Box check

First bat box check of the season at Harrold Odell Country Park. Well I say bat box, but this time round all we found were some bird nests and a thankfully sleepy hornet.Hedj set a new record for coming down … Continue reading

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Harrold Odell Roost Hunt

On the day after the first day of the Flight cage manufacture Hedj and Kel were out again this time  to Harrold Odell to do the final roost hunt, ably abetted by Viv, Malcolm and Jo.  

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First box check at Harrold Odell

Kel and co only put the boxes up here 6 weeks ago,and it usually takes bats months to start using bat boxes. So it was with little hope of success that Bob, Hedj and Kel headed off to check them … Continue reading

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