Creswell Crags hibernation survey

A full survey party from the Nottinghamshire Bat Group visited Creswell Crags on Saturday 6th February to see how the crag’s population of hibernating bats are doing in this strange winter we are having.  The crags are well known for their bat populations with several species recorded including Natterer’s, Daubenton’s, brown long-eared and whiskered bats. […]

Bats at Center Parcs

  Three members of the group were at Center Parcs today to help the rangers check the bat boxes which are installed throughout the holiday village.  There are over 250 boxes of many types installed throughout the holiday village and we managed to get through just over 100 of them today.  Leisler’s bat is a bit […]

At last! a female Nathusius’

The picture below shows the first female Nathusius’ caught on the BCT project in Notts . Ladies are ringed on the left and this bat was a hefty 11.8g. We have had two females turn up in the county before – one in a bat box at Attenborough Nature Reserve (2013) and the first a […]

Notts Bat Group on TV

Nottinghamshire Bat group members were filmed by Notts TV at Attenborough Nature Reserve talking about two of our projects. Notts TV News – The Notts nature team leading the search for rare Bat 21.09.15

Nathusius’ project update

Nottinghamshire Bat Group has had some more excellent results on the BCT Nathusius’ pipistrelle project this week. We’re now up to 43 captures over the two years to date, with another 2-3 nights of the project still to go this year. Of most interest though is that we’re now starting to see some recaptured bats […]