bats in Agen allwedd

[hell little caver]

hi as part of my uni course were look at bats and doing a case study and i was wondering what people knew about them? also if there are any other places in the beacons that have any bats? thanks hell

 

[gus horsley]

There are loads of places in the Beacons that have bats.  In the early 1980s I was involved in a bat survey of the part of the Beacons in carmarthenshire.  I can condense some of the results of that if you like.

 

[hell little caver]

that would be great thanks 

 

[gus horsley]

OK  Give us a few days to get the info together.

 

[hairy toe]

hey hellie

Eglys Fean has bats.  Pippistrells and lesser horseshoes...... hope this helps.  also porth quite often has bats in the main entrance..... 

 

[rhychydwr1]

hi as part of my uni course were look at bats and doing a case study and i was wondering what people knew about them? also if there are any other places in the beacons that have any bats? thanks hell

I hope you have a bat license:

http://www.ndad.nationalarchives.gov.uk/CRDA/17/DD/1/quickref.html

I once did some bat ringing in Aggie.  Got a bo***king from the National Parks.

Rhinlophus hipposideros minutus are to be found in most caves in the Brecon Beacons.

 

[graham]

have the bats got proper permits?  :doubt:

 

[SamT]

You need to speak to Big Jim of this site, he's Derbyshires bat man.

ner ne ner ne ner ne ner ne - ner ne ner ne ner ne ner ne ...... Batman etc.  [sorry]

 

[Big Jim]

Hellie,

I Don't know much about the bat scene in S.Wales but you can give me a bell for general advice if you want. Adam has my mob no (or quite a few other SUSSites).

We are doing some survey in the Peak using Anabat bat detectors which we can leave in situ for 3-4 weeks at a time. Alas we only have 2 (cos they arent cheap) so hopefully we'll get some good data this winter.

Big Bat Eldon Jim
(as JB seems to prefer calling me)

 

[rhychydwr1]

All you bat catcher out there might be interesting in the following:

Managing Abandoned Mines for Bats by Richard E Shewin, J Scott Alyenbach and David L Waldien 2009  103 pp, illus,  SB.  Published by Bat Conservation, Austin, Texas.  No ISBN.  Available free of charge from:  jkennedy@batcon.org

I have reviewed but I am waiting for it to be reviewed by my peers before publishing it.

 

[Rhys]

I'm sure Helen would've been grateful of all the offers of help three years ago when she made the original post! ;-)

Rhys

 

[SamT]

Ih yeah  , no doubt she's finished that particular essay