{"id":8185,"date":"2014-05-02T14:00:16","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T14:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=8185"},"modified":"2014-10-22T06:52:52","modified_gmt":"2014-10-22T06:52:52","slug":"cheap-as-chips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=8185","title":{"rendered":"Cheap as chips."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Argos have got a special offer at the moment &#8211; a basic bat detector for \u00a38. Bill has tried one and range me to say its surprisingly good. ( Most bat detectors start at around \u00a3100.) If you just want to hear what bats sound like this is \u00a38 well spent. They are also available at Toys R us for about a pound more. Several of the bat group have bought one ( allegedly for their children) and we have been impressed. ( OK its not as good as a \u00a3200 or \u00a31000 detector but it&#8217;s a good way to start.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8441\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/inexpensive-bat-detector.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8441\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8441\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/inexpensive-bat-detector-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Look out for this box.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/inexpensive-bat-detector-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/inexpensive-bat-detector.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8441\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Look out for this box.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/inexpensive-bat-detector2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/inexpensive-bat-detector2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"inexpensive bat detector2\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/inexpensive-bat-detector2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/inexpensive-bat-detector2.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.argos.co.uk\/static\/Product\/partNumber\/1095973.htm \">http:\/\/www.argos.co.uk\/static\/Product\/partNumber\/1095973.htm\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>go check out the page.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2260\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/count-bat-detector-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2260\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2260\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/count-bat-detector-2.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Jude Hirstwood\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2260\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Jude Hirstwood<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8445\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/packaging2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8445\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8445\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/packaging2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"This has to be one of my favourite warnings of all time. Do people really think each pack will contain a bat?\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/packaging2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/packaging2.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8445\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This has to be one of my favourite warnings of all time. Do people really think each pack will contain a bat?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Once you have it, you can check out the sounds bats make with a resource from the Bat Conservation Trust. You need to register with the National Bat Monitoring programme for one of their surveys &#8211; the dawn\/ dusk surveys are dead easy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bats.org.uk\/pages\/sunset_sunrise_video.html\">http:\/\/www.bats.org.uk\/pages\/sunset_sunrise_video.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Argos have got a special offer at the moment &#8211; a basic bat detector for \u00a38. Bill has tried one and range me to say its surprisingly good. ( Most bat detectors start at around \u00a3100.) If you just want &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=8185\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8185"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8447,"href":"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8185\/revisions\/8447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}