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Tag Archives: hibernation
Back in business
Over the last two years we haven’t done hibernation surveys because of covid. this year we went ahead with dividing sites into smaller numbers, of experienced people checking them We followed covid restrictions to the letter, wearing masks and gloves, … Continue reading
Another visit to Whipsnade
We went up to Whipsade to recover the SM4 detector left in the Bear den. While there we spotted a snoozing Daubenton’s bat
Visit to Whipsnade
As well as hibernation surveys, we used to do other detector surveys at Whipsnade when Kevin Frediani worked there. When he left they fizzled out. When we did the original surveys we had to record onto an mp3 player, which … Continue reading
Final hibernation survey of 2017
As the snow fell albeit gently, the brave souls of the bat group headed out into dark and dank spaces to look for bats., fortified by flapjacks and cake. Once again we had a bumper haul. The total for the … Continue reading
January Hibernation Survey
We were saved the snow and were able to do the hibernation survey safely. Despite the weather we got more bats than the record breaker last January when we cound 207 bats. This time we managed 208. The species distribution … Continue reading
There’s nowt as perverse as a bat
Jo Peddar has just sent me some photos of the January hibernation check. These are bat bricks, the idea is the bat snuggles into the gaps within the bricks., only this bat had other ideas
February Hibernation Survey
After the appalling weather, we did wonder what effect this might have had on bat numbers. we did not find barbastelles (they tend to turn up in hibernation surveys only when the weather is cold) but found 167 bats. One … Continue reading
January Hibernation Survey
This weekend’s hibernation survey has again broken records, with a total of 172 bats (previous highest 168 in Dec 2012). The December 2013 was 106, possibly because the mild weather had not driven bats underground as early as the last … Continue reading
Valentine massacre averted
Now we know one place that pipistrelles hibernate in winter. We have just had two pips a male and a female) brought into care, who had made the mistake of hibernating in a stack of scaffolding boards. These boards were … Continue reading
Hibernating Bat at Dell Farm Outdoor education centre.
We had a fascinating record of a hibernating bat in an artificial cave at Dell Farm Outdoor Centre. We’ve been sent a good photograph which has allowed us to identify the bat. We would very much like to go and … Continue reading