The group received a nice letter today from the CEO of the Bat Conservation Trust, to thank us for our donation to the project to create a national database of Bat ring numbers.
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Bat Box checks – 19th Oct 2019
A great start to the day at Great Breach Wood, with 14 natterers in one box, a noctule and two sop pips in a wooden Kent box, a large mating group of 10 soprano pips.
Urgent call to action – early October 2019
Lots to update you on this month, with reports, and an urgent request from help from the BCT. The group received an URGENT call to action from the BCT this week regarding the government’s centrepiece environmental legislation, the Environment Bill.
Common Pipistrelle in a bat box at Longrun Meadow, Taunton – 21/9/19
We checked 20 bat boxes at Comeytrowe Park and Longrun Meadow in Taunton this morning.
SBG News early Sept 2019
We may be coming towards the end of the Bat season, but there is still lots going on, Walks, Bat Boxes and latest BCT news in this email.
New record number of Bat detectors, for Somerset
Despite damp weather there was a huge turnout for Dave's Walk at the Bishops Palace in Wells on Tuesday. The annual walk for the Somerset Wildlife Trust is always well attended but this year the estimates range from 80 to 100 adults, with at least half as many children again.
BCT Info – Bat Workers Forum19 & e-Bulletin – August 2019
Latest info from the BCT: BCT Bat e-Bulletin, Bat Workers Forum 2019, Pete Guest Award 2019
SBG newsletter late July 2019 – Surveys, conferences and awards
There is lots going on at the moment, with the NBMP Field Surveys just finishing, and the British Bat Surveys underway. The Waterways surveys are due to start soon, and the Bats in Churches survey has kicked off, so there are lots of chances to get involved.
Somerset Bat Group July newsletter – Surveys underway ….
The survey season is now well underway, the National Bat Monitoring Program (NBMP) Roost emergence surveys have just finished, while the Field Surveys are just starting.
Somerset Bat Group Newsletter early June 19 – Surveys, surveys, surveys …
It is the batty time of year, with lots of bats out, and activities going on.