Last week we had a new event at Chastleton - Batting! David Endecott from the Oxfordshire Bat Association very kindly came in to give a talk about the different species and work by the Association. It was very popular - we sold out with 24 people for the talk and walk! We were able to see captive serotine and pipistrelle bats that the Bat Association had rescued or are rearing for release when they are old enough.
A baby Pipistrelle being fed milk.
A Serotine bat being fed a mealworm
Then we went on a 40 minute walk around the property, using bat detectors to see and hear these bats in the wild. There are six different species of bat living on the property, and we saw two of them!
Looking for bats in the Stableyard.
The nursery boxes for the baby bats.
By all accounts, a great success! We'll definitely run this one again next year!
All pictures (C) Sebastian Conway.
During our stay at the Brew House cottage at Chastleton last week we had a visit by what the children thought to be a little bird. Soon into the interesting presentation by David and his wife, the little bird turned out to be a bat. We learnt so much about them. Esther and Ireen are keen bat spotters now!
ReplyDeletePleased to hear you're now into bats! We had a little one on the stairs in the house last week which Anna moved to safety into the attic space.
ReplyDeleteJulie