Tag Archives: roost

Stockgrove Survey 28th May

Posted on May 29, 2018 by batsinbeds

An interesting night. We found a couple  of  Schwegler boxes with Natterer’s in. That means all the Schwegler boxes put up in Stockgrove have now been occupied. In addition to that we may have found another new Noctule roost. We … Continue reading →

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Woburn Safari Park Bioblitz

Posted on June 11, 2016 by batsinbeds

Last night did some trapping at Woburn safari Park as part of the Bedfordshire Natural History Bioblitz event. At the beginning of the weeek the forecast was dire, but it turned out fine with just a very brief shower. This … Continue reading →

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Being cautious

Posted on May 29, 2015 by batsinbeds

It is not easy to identify bats in flight.l Last week a friend described some bats exiting a house and her description got us very excited, but we have resisted the temptation to leap to conclusions. Then she sent a … Continue reading →

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Kings Wood Roost hunt 2

Posted on February 23, 2015 by batsinbeds

The weather forecast for Sunday was decidedly dodgy, but the intrepid team managed to complete the area which had been selected and get bet back to the car just as it began to rain and managed to eat some cake. … Continue reading →

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Kings Wood Roost Hunt

Posted on January 25, 2015 by batsinbeds

We started looking for potential roosts last year. Yesterday 6 masochistic members of the Bat Group spend all day today,walking back  and forth through trees in another  section  of Kings Wood in an attempt to identify potential roost sites The … Continue reading →

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A visit to the common pip roost

Posted on June 19, 2014 by batsinbeds

Once a year some of the group head off to the common pipistrelle roost which has been observed closely since 1988. A earlier date to meet the bats was thwarted but the bats did co-operate by arriving for the date … Continue reading →

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Roost Hunt at Harrold Odell Country Park

Posted on February 2, 2014 by batsinbeds

Three brave bat group souls braved the flood plane that is Harrold Odell Country Park today and went hunting for bat roosts. (Hedj who has been nicknamed  Boy Chunder was unable to attend due to having spent all night throwing … Continue reading →

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A Natural England Roost visit with a difference

Posted on July 2, 2013 by batsinbeds

A number of the bat group are specially trained volunteers, who go out on behalf of Natural England to visit churches and homes, where people want advice about bats. (This service is free). At this time of year things begin … Continue reading →

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Has it all gone quiet on Bedfordshire?

Posted on June 22, 2013 by batsinbeds

No posts for a while and you may have thought we had gone into torpor. Far from it for the last ten days we have has a radio tag on a non pregnant female ( obviously) barbastelle and have so  … Continue reading →

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Bat Care – Good News Part 2

Posted on August 18, 2012 by batsinbeds

We reported a successful bat rescue two days ago and now have an update. The householder contacted us yesterday to say another bat had got lost, but this time rather than call us out again, the plucky man successfully  reintroduced … Continue reading →

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