It was with a sinking heart that brave bat group members headed out to check the 53 bat boxes on a hot and humid Saturday. Carrying ladders and other kit through the wood was really hard work.By the end of the search , two boxes each had a single bat in. Find of the day was the last box checked before lunch\u00a0 which contained 29 bats – 13 mothers , 13 juveniles and three male bats. – and a lot of mites which were present in large numbers, particularly on the juveniles. It is probably best to draw a veil over the behaviour of the very hungry bitey insects, but our intrepid surveyors have impressive scars<\/p>\n
We weren’t able to get a photo of them in situ, but the picture below shows a rather cheery individual who consented to have its picture taken.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Photo Bob Cornes Brown long eared bat<\/p><\/div>\n
This brings the number of bats boxes to show bat signs in 32 boxes since we started checking the boxes last September<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It was with a sinking heart that brave bat group members headed out to check the 53 bat boxes on a hot and humid Saturday. Carrying ladders and other kit through the wood was really hard work.By the end of … Continue reading