Grey long-eared and Planning reforms – 3Feb25

It seems that bats have been all over the news recently, and in this packed Somerset Bat Group Newsletter we have: - We are going to be looking for grey long-eared again this year. - Time for us all to reply to governments planning reforms.

Ham Wall Bat Box Checks - 14Sept24 Photo: Fern Dobson

GLE and Bat Boxes update – 2Oct24

The weather has been challenging for bats this September, with record rainfall, 2.5 times average over some parts of Somerset, it will be interesting to see what effect this has on bats mating and feeding up for the winter. The weather did effect some bat group events, but many were still able to go ahead and you can read all about them

Grey long-eared by Daniel Hargreaves - 16th Aug 2024

Grey long-eared Success! – 22Aug24

This newsletter is being sent out early to bring you exciting news of success in our grey-long-eared project. Included is: - Reports from two trapping weekends, and details of the GLE caught and tracked. - There have been lots of Big Bat Counts happening across the county.

Next grey long-eared trapping sessions – 1Aug24

In this newsletter we have:: - A report from our free training workshop for the National Bat Monitoring Programme (NBMP). - The latest update on the grey long-eared project, come get involved in the next trapping!

Tintinhull Processing table -1st June 2024

GLE Project – Free Training Workshop & NBMP survey sites – 28June24

In this newsletter we have:: - The latest update on the grey long-eared trapping and radio tracking project

Lots of Batty Event reports – 31May24

This packed Bat Group newsletter is possibly the longest we have ever sent! Stuffed full of event reports and upcoming batty happenings: - An update on the grey long-eared trapping and radio tracking project - Its been a VERY busy May, with lots of batty events to report on.