While it’s pretty obvious that bats use woods, there is currently no widely accepted approach to monitoring the populations of woodland bats which is practical, repeatable and accurate. But without accurate population monitoring, conservation decisions rely largely on guesstimates – albeit based on an understanding of bat ecology.
With this in mind, North Bucks Bat Group set out 10 years ago to try and develop a monitoring approach based on several bat box projects in North Bucks and Oxfordshire.Over that time, they have gathered a wealth of knowledge and experience and in this talk Matt and Hannah will be sharing their fascinating and sometimes surprising findings about bats’ use of bat boxes in woods.
Date: Friday 19th April 2013
Time: 19:15
Place: The Barn, Warwickshire Wildlife Trust, Brandon Marsh CV3 3GW
Price: £3 for Warks Bats Group members, £4 for non-members
Please note, the talk will be preceded by the Group’s Annual General Meeting. Non-members will not be allowed to vote, but are welcome to listen.
