Avon Bat Group Social and Walk/Survey

[nightshade]

The Avon Bat Group is meeting at The Bird In Hand at Saltford on the
26th of July '06 at 8-00 pm for a social evening followed by a bat walk/survey
although the A4 is closed there is still access to the pub and you will be allowed through

[nightshade]

Sorry I forgot the ,all are welcome bit

[nightshade]

no takers then?

[nightshade]

The turn out was disappointing such events are usually oversubscribed,but hey the evening air was fresh the night velvety and a solitary bugler(yes a bugler) played hauntingly.
We made our way to the old Iron railway bridge that crosses the Avon and took the path that leads to the riverbank below it,there were a few Pipistrelle flying some quite small,(45 bandits) then another bat dropped from below the bridge structure and another.....
Pretty soon there were around a dozen Daubentons skimming the water turning in their own length harvesting the myriads of insects that danced above its surface,occasionally zooming up from the water (one passed so close I felt the breeze from its passage)and doing a circuit of the bankside shrubs.The bat detectors started to quiet down as the bats now replete headed off to roost and digest.We pushed off back to the pub

[Alan]

Sounded an interesting trip nightshade. I'd have loved to have come, but It was a little bit far for me to go I'm afraid. We don't get many such events round here, but when we do get them, I always seem to miss them!

[Willow]

Don't know how I missed seeing this before, nightshade! However, as it turned out, I wouldn't have been able to come because my little girl wasn't well that night....

Sounds like you had a lovely evening - with some great bat encounters! I'll keep my eyes open a bit better for any other events you post up in the future, nightshade. We'd love to get involved with our local bat group!