Mandy and Neil have written another blog about the bats they have cared for. This one is about Daubenton’s bats. Just click on the picture to open the blog.

Photos and text by Mandy and Neil Tomas.  Bats in care that we have been privileged to meet: Continuing on from the ‘Rex’ King of the bats, to a species everyone encounters and is equally important. Soprano pipistrelles are small bats that are usually seen and live near human habitation, why live in a tree … Read more

Text and photos by Mandy and Neil Tomas. We have only been doing bat care for 5 years, but in that time we have been privileged to meet over 300 bats, some more memorable than others. The journey is a vertical learning curve, but we are lucky to have Tina Wiffen and Hazel Makepeace guiding … Read more

Positive results for re-uniting baby bats with their mothers. Stepladder, tea towel and hot water bottle required.

It is 2020, a functioning website is a powerful tool! The Northumberland Bat Group (NBG) website has had an interesting history and a few iterations. When I fist joined the group in 2006 the website was hosted by the brother of a group member. He’d done a lot of work on it,  it was all … Read more

Leazes Park Bat Walk – 6th August 202 This bat walk was the first of a series being run on behalf of Northumberland Bat Group (NBG) in and around the area. Seven people were due to attend, but since we are all aware of the covid risks, two cancelled just in case their “feeling under … Read more

Tina has written a summary blog for the last of the NBMP hibernation surveys of 2020.

Text and photos by Hazel Makepeace – workshop held on 30th January 2020 in the NHSN Council Room. Who thought looking at bat poo could be so much fun!  As a follow on to the ‘Who’s Poo is That?’ workshop and after attending a kick sampling event in the River Coquet, where larvae and nymphs … Read more

Written by Tina Wiffen; Photo credits: Emily Marin, Tina Wiffen This month we managed to survey all the sites on one day with volunteers from Northumberland, Cumberland and Durham bat groups, it’s good to work with members of different groups and share skills and biscuits.This season has been great for finding bats. We recorded 12 … Read more