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, 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.