On Sunday, 25th October, we installed 18 bat boxes at Foxcovert Plantation; a Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust site near Calverton. An assortment of CJM, standard, Kent and hibernation boxes were installed. We also took the opportunity to survey the bat boxes we had installed last year and see which bat species were utilising them. From ground […]
We hosted a zoom talk on Monday evening on the Bats of Ploughman Wood by Michael Walker. A bat box scheme was begun in the wood in 2014 and Michael looks at how the scheme was set up and gives the results of all the box surveys. He also talks about the history of the […]
Anna, a student from the University of Nottingham, student contacted Nottinghamshire Bat Group for help with one of her university projects. Anna, who is studying biological photography and imaging, filmed two of our volunteers, Michael and Alex, talking about the threats to our bat populations and some of the bat conservation work we do in […]
Bat roosts in trees is an interesting subject that today still offers lots of opportunities to investigate and learn about. In April Nottinghamshire Bat Group hosted a training session with Tom Bennett with the aim to unveil the mysteries of roosts in trees. Tom is an Arboricultural Consultant and fully-licensed bat worker. During the session, […]
As spring begins, we thought we would catch you up on what we have been up to over winter. Nottinghamshire Bat Group was able to join neighbouring groups on several hibernation surveys this winter which was really good as we do not presently know of many sites we can access to survey in our own […]
Early September, the National Bat Conference was held at the University of Nottingham. Days previous to the event we organised a competition offering free tickets for the winners. Our winner Nick narrate his experience during the event in this report: I feel that I was lucky to be chosen to attend the recent National Bat […]
A few members of our group where invited to undertake survey at Widmerpool Hall, this is their chronicle: Amelia and I were lucky enough to get invited along to Widmerpool Hall recently by Sharon, a resident there, who was interested in finding out more about the resident bats. Mitigation work was undertaken when the hall […]
As part of the Bat Conservation Trust (BCT) National Bat Monitoring Programme (NBMP) Nottinghamshire Bat Group has carried out roost counts at various locations throughout the county this summer. NBMP surveys are undertaken annually by volunteers to monitor bat populations in the UK. The roost count survey involves using tally counters and bat detectors to […]
On the 20th April 2018, 9 of our members went out to survey some of the empty tetrads in the north east of the county. Most of our empty tetrads are in the north and so we decided to head that way to fill in some of the blanks. First, we met up at the […]
In late May and early June Nottinghamshire Bat Group radio-tagged and radio-tracked two Leisler’s bats Nyctalus leisleri in and around Clumber Park with the aim of identifying the first ‘natural’ roosts of this uncommon species in the county as part of our Echolocation Location Project The equipment was funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund or […]