We thought long and hard before trapping on Thursday night as some other areas of the country reported heavily pregnant bats. In the end we went ahead but checked the traps more often and agreed to stop trapping if we caught any obviously pregnant bats<\/p>\n
We caught a few common and soprano pipistrelles, which meant Gill had a chance for some handing and release practice. Ant had his first sight of bats up close and was\u00a0 enchanted.\u00a0 (He had only seen bats in hibernation surveys). Gill ‘s eyes it up[ when she saw an echometer touch, and mumbled “its my\u00a0 birthday” in a Gollum type voice,<\/p>\n
We also caught two Noctule males who demonstrated their usual strop befoe quietening down<\/p>\n
At the end of the evening we caught a Natterer’s.<\/p>\n
None was heavily pregnant<\/p>\n
Along the way we were visited by some guests at Center Parcs, who were\u00a0 really enthusistic and stayed quite a whole with us<\/p>\n
Thanks to Dave, Phil, Rachel, Gill and Ant for turning out.<\/p>\n
We had as bonus view of a stoat and some lovely views of bats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We thought long and hard before trapping on Thursday night as some other areas of the country reported heavily pregnant bats. In the end we went ahead but checked the traps more often and agreed to stop trapping if we … Continue reading