Notts Bat Group

Thank you to everyone who helped with bat box checks at Moor Pond Wood today. Eight Pipistrelle species in total.

Last night, two of our committee members attended a house to ascertain the species of a roost that had appeared while the owners were on holiday recently. We counted a total of 74 Soprano Pipistrelle emerge from under the soffit on the back of the house.

After giving his carer the run (fly) around the previous evening, this bat from Ranby was successfully released back to where he was found last night. 🦇

When you test fly a bat but they don’t care that you have other things to do!

One of our carers successfully reunited two pups from the same roost with their respective mums. Reunites are complicated and require many considerations. Every success makes the hard work, late nights and early mornings so worthwhile.

A fantastic hibernation survey at Cresswell Crags on 25 Feb. Three Daubenton’s, one Natterer’s, one Brown Long Eared. Thank you Derrick Eames Photo by Alicja Kordula, Rae Smith and Andrea Lee.

A great day helping out our neighbours from the Derbyshire Bat Group with bat box checks at Hilton Gravel Pits. Six species: 1 Soprano Pipistrelle, 1 Common Pipistrelle, 6 Noctule, 3 Daubenton’s, 1 Leisler’s & 31 Natterer’s in one box (a site record) 22 females and 9 males).

A fantastic report from the Nottingham Organic Gardeners after a recent talk given by two of our committee members. Thank you to everyone who helped organise this and to all who attended.

This is Kinny from Kinoulton, a male Common Pipistrelle, who came to us on 9 September via the Leicestershire Bat Group and after an initial assessment with a vet - successfully released last night!

The five-year £5m @BatsinChurches project ends on Oct 31 but our legacy lives on! All our resources and activities remain on our website so you can get involved. Why not take the Bats in Churches Challenge Badge with friends, family or a uniformed group? batsinchurches.org.uk/discover-local…

A lovely bright sunny day today for fun batty crafts at Bulwell Forest Garden. Thank you to everyone who helped and attended.

Bat box installation at Colwick Wood by the Friends of Group and the Notts Bat Group this weekend. Huge thanks to all volunteers from both groups.

Bat box check at Collingham and Besthorpe Nature Reserve yesterday.

Mason the Whiskered from Newstead was only in care for a short time and was obviously keen to go last night …

Who knew bats like see-saws? Thank you for allowing us to share this wonderful footage Clare of the two Whiskered bats, from the same roost, that you currently have in care.

Another recent release - this Whiskered was found inside the reception of a big company building in Newark, taken into care for some TLC and released a few days ago.

Who doesn’t love a Whiskered?

Bat Surveys for Professional Ecologists Good Practice Guidelines (4th edition) will be launched at this year’s National Bat Conference (15th-17th September.) Pre-order from NHBS at this link: nhbs.com/bat-surveys-fo…