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April Record of the Month

is awarded to

Tina Gower

for the rescue of a male brown long-eared bat from Reading on 12th April which was in good condition and was able to be later released outside its roosting site.

September Record of the Month

Glyn Edwards
 
The record was obtained from Black Country Park during one of Glyn's very successful public walks. He recorded common pipistrelles around the lakeside and numerous Daubenton's skimming across the lake's surface which the public could enjoy by torchlight.

October / November Record of the month

Bridget Parslow

Who lead a walk at California Country Park for the 1st Finchamptead
Scouts and recorded soprano pipistrelles and Daubenton's over the lake

August Record of the Month

Joanne Lucas, Bridget Parslow and James Shipman

a soprano maternity roost numbering 76 bats

July record of the month

Rose-Ann Movsovic

featuring a noctule roost numbering 11 bats at

 Leighton Park School in Reading.

June Record of the Month

James Shipman

who is also the top recorder of the month

so well done James :)

The Group is active across Berkshire and South buckinghamshire.  Below are some of our comon activities.  For information about recent events visit our Blog - Http://bsbbbg.blogspot.com

 

 
Bat box Monitoring Schemes

 
 
Above a bats eye view of the survey team checking boxes at beale wildlife park.
 

The bat group has a number of bat box schemes across the county. The boxes are checked and regularly maintained. The boxes provide homes for bats and help us monitor the populations of bats at the various locations. If you are interested in helping at one of our bat box checks visit our calendar page to see when the next check is happening. At most sites we check the boxes in the autumn.

The slideshows to the right is a selection of photographs from a day we spent putting boxes up at Blackhouse Woods near Reading and a selection of photos from our other schemes.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Hibernacula Creation and Monitoring
 
The photos below show Glyn repairing the door on one of our existing hibernacula.  The slideshow to the right shows some of the bats we have found in hibernation and some of the vairious sites.

 

 

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Bat Care 
 
Each year the group take in and cares for sick injured and orphaned bats with the aim of releasing them when fit and well.  The silde show to the right shows a number of our recent patients.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The rest of this page is under construction

 

 

Bats in the News

Glyn one of our newer members spoke to the Maidenhead Advitsier about some of the work the group have been undertaking recently.

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Bat box checking and Erecting

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Hibernacula

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Bats in Care

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
For many years the bat group has been involved in finding, creating, maintaining and monitoring hibernation sites. 
 
The hibernation visits are undertaken yearly with results contributing to the national picture of bat numbers.
 
Two monitoring visits are undertaken each winter with maintaince undertaken during the summer months.