This survey monitors the activity of Daubenton’s bats along a waterway.
- More details on the BCT website.
- Any questions? Contact our NBNP champion Dani Smith
The survey method is straightforward and is ideal to try if you are relatively new to bat detecting. You will need a heterodyne (tuneable) bat detector and a torch. Please contact the Bat group if you need to borrow a detector for a survey.
The waterways survey is over 2 nights, the first survey should be first two weeks of August and the second survey during the third and forth weeks. The survey begins 40 minutes after sunset and usually takes about one hour.
Waterway Survey sites up for grabs!
Our NBNP champion Dani Smith says that across Somerset there are a range of survey sites, that have been done in the past, but for varied reasons are not done now. It would be fantastic for record continuity if some of our members could volunteer to take a site on.
You can either select one of the existing sites up for grabs, or email the BCT and ask for a selection of randomly allocated squares near to you.
The past Waterways Survey sites unallocated in 2024 are shown on this map:
To find out what’s involved, and how to claim one of these unallocated NBMP Waterway Survey sites, please see this document.
NBMP WATERWAYS SURVEY RESULTS
All the Somerset results for past years of the NBMP waterways survey can be found on this page. More results on the BCT website.