Welsh Bat Conference 2011 and our survey season begins.

Hi everyone.

Don't forget to book for the Conference before the 6th June. Places are always limited. It's really worth going along and will be good fun and you'll learn loa

ds.

http://www.bats.org.uk/pages/wales_bat_conference.html

Just a gentle reminder too that June is our busy survey time of year. The programme is up, just follow the link on the right hand side of the text. As you'll see the first survey is on either 6th or 7th - so it's depends on the weather and how many people will be around as to which day we go. That will be the natterer's roost at Llanrystud and then on the Thursday 9th we'll be down at Cwm Rheidol. It would be good, if possible, to have a little idea as to who might turn up so could you let me know by email please. I'll be at class in town until 8:30 on the Thursday evening and hope to pop along in time but if there is enough of you I might just dip out, I'm sure you all know what you're doing by now.

Okay then, what's this?

See you soon

Net

Brithdir Outing update

Well, we didn't make it to Brithdir after all. Since the weather looked a bit dodgy and it's a long way to go to Brithdir we decided in the end to cut and run to Ynys Hir RSPB Reserve. We'll try Brithdir later in the summer when the moment takes us. Nevertheless we had a great evening. It was lovely there, warm and quite calm and we heard 45 and 55 pips of course, also Serotines, Noctuals and possible Long Eared bats – the usual suspects! There were loads of insects about; the occasional cockchafer beetle blundered by and in the distance a grasshopper warbler could be heard – lovely! This should be a promising summer!

How many of you got the bat ID right then? The feet should have given it away! Yes, you guessed it, it was a Daubenton’s Bat (myotis daubentonii). Photo courtesy of

http://www.bio.bris.ac.uk/research/bats/britishbats/index.htm

Don’t forget to keep an eye on the programme – we start the survey work on June 6^th – hope to see you all out.

Net

Brithdir Outing

Hi All, I hope I've got everyone in touch with each other by now and arrange lifts and things - phoo..., Just in case I've missed someone, we will be meeting in Talybont, towards the end of the village by the two chapels, opposite the Lolfa/Neuadd Gofa at 7:30. There's one pick up in Mach on the way by the clock.

If you want to do some mugging up on species ID and bat sounds we hope to be seeing - or should I say hearing - Lesser Horseshoes, Long Eared, Daubenton's, Pips (two spec.) and possibly Whiskered!

To get you in the mood, what's this then?

See you on Friday evening - hope the weather is reasonable, we'll ignore a bit of rain but if it's torrential I'll put up a blog by 6pm.

Net