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One thing leads to another

A while ago we were called to a house by the owner whose cat had attacked a bat. It had a serious tear in the wing and we were were worried that it might have got infected. We passed him … Continue reading

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On a very warm night the regular Stockgrove survey took place. Highlight of the night was  returning a young bat to its roost.  Well done Gwen.Angie says Stockgrove last night was fairly quiet until 9.17 when the first bat was … Continue reading

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The mysterious case of the Myotis in the night

During the Bechstein’s project last week, we only caught Myotis bats once. This was surprising as we had found them in three of the woods earlier in the season. So last night Bob and Bill  went back to the first … Continue reading

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Mist netting in Luton

Several of our members works as consultants, and as the season has been hectic for them can rarely get out to bat group surveys. Martin is one of these unlucky souls. He had a mist netting licence for ages now, … Continue reading

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The elusive barbastelle…

..lived up to its name again last night. On previous visits  we had heard many barbastelle passes, so we headed off last night to  try to get a tag on. and set up a double high and triple high net. … Continue reading

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Bechstein survey – in Herefordshire

Regular readers will know we have been hunting for Bechstein’s in Bedfordshire. So far we have had no luck, but the weather has been awful. Lia is going to come back at the end of August, but she has just … Continue reading

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Meeting a Bechstein’s

In the run up to our own Hunt the Bechstein’s game, Tony and Bob joined the North  Bucks group  on a survey yesterday, using both a harp trap and a mist net Tony saw his first ever Bechstein’s  (after a … Continue reading

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Mist netting at Swiss Garden

The bat group were invited to mist net in the gardens at Swiss Garden. This beautiful site is even more impressive as night falls.  The peacocks hang up in the trees and watched us somewhat doubtfully. The local owls called … Continue reading

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autumn swarming 2

You can read more about autumn swarming  here.2011-1 autumn swarming   One last try to see if we could pick up on some autumn swarming. Last night some of the group trundled off to a local icehouse. Bob and Jonathan … Continue reading

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Mist netting at Sandy Warren

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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