Bat Group Talk - Batting in Hungary by Tricia Scott plus AGM

There are many more species of bats in Eastern Europe than in the UK – not least because they have not been subject to the same development pressures and the effects of intensive farming. Tricia took the opportunity of a guided tour of bats in Hungary in 2015 and then went back in 2016 to ‘help out’ with a woodland bats radiotracking project in the Aggtelek and Bukk national parks in the northeast of the country.

About Tricia Scott:
Tricia became interested in bats after the warden of a SSSI where she volunteered offered to take her along when he was checking the bat boxes there. She subsequently joined Warksbats and did her MSc thesis on ‘Bats in the Planning System’. She got dragged onto the Warksbats committee and now spends a lot of her time doing batty things.

Everyone welcome!

£3 for Warwickshire Bat Group members or £4 for non members

When: Wednesday 15th March at 8:00pm
Where: Community Room, The Kenilworth
Centre, Abbey End Car Park, Kenilworth CV8 1QJ

Bat Group Talk - Habitat use, Roost use and Social Calls of Brown Long Eared Bats by Stephanie Murphy

The Brown Long Eared (BLE) bat, Plecotus
auritus , is different from many other UK bats in the way in which it uses its ears to detect prey, but is there anything different about the way they use social calls? The talk will focus on habitat use of brown long-eared bats in woodland, roost use looking at difference between tree roosting and house roosting bats and will look at how brown long-eared bats use social calls.

About Stephanie Murphy:
Stephanie undertook her research on brown long-eared bats at the University of Sussex. She is now the director of Arbeco Ltd which is a company that deals with ecology, arboriculture and habitat management.

Everyone welcome!

£3 for Warwickshire Bat Group members or £4 for non members

When: Wednesday 15th February at 8:00pm
Where: Community Room, The Kenilworth
Centre, Abbey End Car Park, Kenilworth CV8 1QJ