{"id":7602,"date":"2013-08-18T10:10:41","date_gmt":"2013-08-18T10:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=7602"},"modified":"2013-08-18T13:30:20","modified_gmt":"2013-08-18T13:30:20","slug":"first-natterers-found-in-kings-wood-box-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=7602","title":{"rendered":"First Natterer’s found in Kings Wood Box check"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Aidan processes a bat Photo Bob Cornes<\/p><\/div>\n

Yesterday we did another check of the King’s Wood boxes and found rather more bats.<\/p>\n

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Juvenile Natterer’s Bat Photo Bob Cornes<\/p><\/div>\n

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The highlight of the day as finding our first Natterer’s\u00a0 – a group of 6 juveniles, four males and two females in a box which has previously occupied first by pips and then by Brown long eared bats.<\/p>\n

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Photo Chantelle Kerr<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ticklish or smug to have escaped first time?\u00a0 Photo Bob Cornes<\/p><\/div>\n

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Photo Chantelle Kerr<\/p><\/div>\n

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Another box had 36 Brown long eared in it – 36 in all 14 adult females, 12 of which were lactating) and 10 juvenile males and 7 juvenile females. Another four managed to sneak off when the box was opened. We found four more brown eared bats in nearby boxes\u00a0 2 juvenile females and 2 adults which might have been these Houdinis. A lot of these juveniles were very young , in contrast with the Natterer’s who were late juveniles.<\/p>\n

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We also found a male Noctule in what is euphemistically called “full breeding condition”He was not an exhibitionist ( unlike some bat group members) and was not prepared to flash his genitals for the camera.<\/p>\n

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Photo Chantelle Kerr<\/p><\/div>\n

We also found one male soprano pipistrele, similarly well endowed. Last year we found many pipistrelles and it is interesting that we have found so few this year.<\/p>\n

With the delay in the renewal of Bob’s Licence, we were unable to get the rings we wanted\u00a0 ( you have to have a current licence to ring bats) and so will have to delay ringing till nest time .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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