Tag Archives: Nathusius pipistrelle

A Nathususius – but not in Beds

Grafham Water is in Cambridgeshire, but I am including it here because bat group member Aidan works there. It is a known Nathusius site and Bob joined Aidan on a Nathusius survey last night. Bob loitered at the edge of … Continue reading

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The elusive Nathusius

We went back to  have another try to catch a Nathusius. It was quite a windy night and we got very cold. We heard  a number of Nathusius flying past, but they did not come into the traps. We did … Continue reading

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Bat group 2 Nathusius 0

Last night we were joined by Daniel Hargreaves in order to harp trap near Biggleswade. Four harp traps and acoustic lures were set up and three of them caught bats. Daniel returned from checking one trap bearing 3 bats with … Continue reading

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Swineshead revisited

Last night, we headed back to Swineshead wood with the aim of catching and perhaps tagging one of the Myotis bats we heard earlier in the year. We were joined by Daniel Hargreaves who stopped off on his way to … Continue reading

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First National Nathusius conference.

For more than 20 years Jon Russ has been interested in the rare Nathusius bat. He set up a website and encouraged bat workers to let him have any records. Nathusius bats call lower that common pipistrelles, but it can … Continue reading

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We want one of these!

Bob and Jude stopped off on the way back from Cornwall to visit Daniel Hargreaves and got to join him on his survey at Blagdon. There were some very very bity insects. Daniel set up 3 harp traps and three … Continue reading

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How to give bats a bad reputation

As bat workers, we invest a lot of time into trying to persuaded the public that there is nothing to be afraid of as far as bats are concerned. Sometimes it seems we are fighting a losing battle with the … Continue reading

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