CENTRAL SCOTLAND BAT GROUP
This section shows a few of our activities. Just follow the link to see the pictures.
- Aberfoyle Forestry Commission Bat Box Survey, October 2010, No. 1
- Breeding roost in a Schwegler bat box.
- Aberfoyle Forestry Commission Bat Box Survey, October 2010, No. 2
- Checking to see whether it's a female that bred this year.
- Aberfoyle Forestry Commission Bat Box Survey, October 2010, No. 3
- Attaching the ring.
- Aberfoyle Forestry Commission Bat Box Survey, October 2010, No. 4
- Damaged wing.
- Aberfoyle Forestry Commission Bat Box Survey, October 2010, No. 5
- Measuring forearm length.
- Aberfoyle Forestry Commission Bat Box Survey, October 2010, No. 6
- Weighing the bats!
- Aberfoyle Forestry Commission Bat Box Survey, October 2010, No. 7
- Newly ringed Pipistrelle bat.
- Aberfoyle Forestry Commission Bat Box Survey, October 2010, No. 8
- Processed bats.
- CSBG members at AGM, April 2011.
- Happy batters.
- Aberfoyle Forestry Commission bat box survey, September 2009, No. 1
- Group member checking a bat box.
- Aberfoyle Forestry Commission bat box survey, September 2009, No. 2
- A bat leaves a bat box.
- Aberfoyle Forestry Commission bat box survey, September 2009, No. 3
- Taking as bat's vital statistics.
- Aberfoyle Forestry Commission bat box survey, September 2009, No. 4
- Examining a bat's wing.
- Aberfoyle Forestry Commission bat box survey, September 2009, No. 5
- A bat in the hand.
- Aberfoyle Forestry Commission bat box survey, September 2009, No. 6
- Bat box maintenance.
- Setting up equipment
- Members of the Group preparing acoustic equipment to aid monitoring flying bats as the evening light fades and the bats are about to emerge.
- Looking for bats
- Members of the Group investigate promising sites for bat roosts during the winter to identify where the local bats hibernate.
- Analysing bat droppings
- Members of the group are instructed in microscopic examination of bat droppings to study the diet of the animals.
- Preparing to go underground
- Members of the Group, suitably dressed, prepare to go underground in search of bats.