WHAT'S BUZZING OR FLYING NEAR YOU TODAY - 2017

Sunset / Sunrise Survey - Bat Conservation Trust
Sunset / Sunrise Survey
Keen to get involved in bat monitoring?

This survey is ideal for you if you don't have previous bat surveying experience. It is also a perfect opportunity to get together with family/friends and discover bats and other wildlife in your local area. Simply head out at dusk or before dawn, or both! Spend an hour in your garden or walking around your local area and look out for bats.

• You can carry out your survey anytime from April to September.
• You will need: Survey form, pencil/pen, torch, watch.
• If you are doing your survey in the evening start at sunset. If you are doing your survey at dawn start one hour before sunrise.
• Spend an hour looking for bats and any other nocturnal animals you can see or hear.

Three sights to look out for
1. Bats in flight

Virtually everyone who takes part in this survey sees bats. This common pipistrelle's calls can be heard on a bat detector but you don't need a bat detector in order to take part.



2. Bats emerging from a roost at dusk

If you think a building or tree might have bats roosting then take a look just after sunset to see if you can spot bats emerging.



3. Bats swarming around a roost before dawn

The easiest way to locate a roost is just before dawn when bats swarm before entering the roost. Each year several new roosts are located by volunteers taking part in the Sunset/Sunrise Survey.


Sign up to the National Bat Monitoring Programme and get access to the bat sound library, receive the monthly Bat Monitoring Post e-bulletin and get the latest information on our surveys and results.

If you are interested in improving your skills, we run bat detector workshops so that volunteers can take part in our surveys.

Need help with a bat?
Follow our advice
or call us on 0345 1300 228

 

Couple of bees yesterday.

 

Great White Egret amongst 40 or so sleeping Spoonbills (and 1 Heron).

 

A few shots from the garden today.

 

Lots and lots of ladybirds looking for a home for the winter around the house, can't open some windows now as they are hiding

27 bats have also returned to the same place under the tiles

 

Hi, I have a portable skinner type trap, 12v, running off a leisure battery.



Watkins and Doncaster sell both battery and mains powered moth traps, and and the components needed for them.

Mains operated moth traps

 

@Jiffy not any of these ones i hope my friend!
Harlequin Ladybirds Swarm UK Properties | Safeguard Pest Control

 

There's lots of different one's, so telling which are uk ladybirds and which is not is going to be hard

 

Thank you H, ive started a moth trapping thread here.
Moth trapping

 

Greenshank.


With Little Egret.

 

Goldfinch feeding and enjoying the afternoon sun.

 

I'm stuffed!!!
Another overweight youngster!