{"id":7999,"date":"2014-02-23T22:15:58","date_gmt":"2014-02-23T22:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=7999"},"modified":"2014-10-22T07:01:51","modified_gmt":"2014-10-22T07:01:51","slug":"roost-hunt-in-bakers-wood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=7999","title":{"rendered":"Roost hunt in Bakers Wood"},"content":{"rendered":"
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” It’s behind you ” Photo Bob Cornes<\/p><\/div>\n

After the flood plain that was Harrold Odell Country Park today’s roost hunt was a bit of a doddle, though the wind was quite cold. The group finished the survey of Bakers Wood and identified a number of trees with high roost potential.We will be passing this info onto the Greensand Trust who manage the wood, and we will try to investigate some of the promising trees later in the year.<\/p>\n

This job is so much easier when the leaves are off the trees, you have decent binoculars with you and the paths aren’t waterlogged<\/p>\n

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This\u00a0 mature oak tree had “barbastelle ” written all over it, and we know there are barbastelles nearby as Phil Brown set up a harp trap just behind the holly\u00a0 and caught a barb there last summer, but there was too\u00a0 much foliage to spot the state of the trunk.<\/p>\n

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A closer look at the trunk revealed some ideal homes for barbastelles<\/p>\n

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potential barbastelle roost. Photo Bob Cornes<\/p><\/div>\n

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potential barbastelle roost. Photo Bob Cornes<\/p><\/div>\n

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Brown long eared bat hibernating. Do not disturb. Photo Bob Cornes<\/p><\/div>\n

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During the survey, we actually found a hibernating bat – deep in a crack\u00a0 in this tree. You could just make it out if you put your face flat against the trunk and peered upward,but we did not try to photograph it.<\/p>\n

All this made us very keen for the arrival of the bat season when we can carry on with our investigations.The Stockgrove Survey<\/a> is open to any one, whether or not they are a member and takes place once a fortnight from April through to the end of September. Come along if you are curious.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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