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<\/a>Photo Martin O'Connor<\/p><\/div>\n
It is very hard to identify bats when they cram themselves into crevices and we had a moment’s excitement when Martin spotted a bat in an inaccessible crack. For a while we thought we might have a whiskered\/Alcathoe\/Brandt. Martin took a photo and when we looked at this on screen we realised it was in fact a Daubenton’s bat who was holding its ear at an odd angle. Ah well there is always next year.<\/p>\n
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In one of the sites we found this bat which was easier to identify , a brown long eared with ice on its fur.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Photo Danny Fellman<\/p><\/div>\n
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<\/a>Photo Danny Fellman<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Photo of a hibernating Natterer's bat Danny Fellman<\/p><\/div>\n
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Natterer’s are very good at wedging themselves into small spaces.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Photo of a hibernating Natterer's bat Danny Fellman<\/p><\/div>\n
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That’s hibernation checking over for this winter. Now we eagerly await the day when they will\u00a0 revive and we can spot them flying about in the evenings.<\/p>\n
Please note these hibernation surveys were carried out under the supervision of licenced bat workers with hibernation licences. Each site may only be visited 3 times in a year.. It is illegal to disturb hibernating bats \u2013 and can lead to their deaths as it may cause them to revive early and a prolonged visit will cause a rise in ambient temperature. We visit our sites in December, January and February.<\/span><\/p>\n The data we collect if forwarded to the Bat Conservation Trust\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0 National Bat Monitoring programme.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After the cold snap just before the weekend we wondered what numbers would be like, Temperatures had plummeted outside, but several of our hibernation sites had also fallen below zero ( though we take temperatures at ground level, and it … Continue reading