Going Bats at Oaken Clough 17/9/12 A cold but dry evening,we still had an audience for our presentation on bats which Sue,Paul,Jean and Bryan narrated mainly on the Pipistrelle,Daubentons,and Long-eared bats. The talk was fortuitously interrupted by the on-site Pipstrelles,upon whose appearance,caused us to take out the bat detectors and listen to them hunting insects with our new equipment.

Power point presentation on bats Above: Spectral analysis of bat clicks. Left: Audible frequencies after the detector has been used. As of 6/8/12 ,the MTVCA now has bat detection equipment which was tested the very first time the committe had access to it. The Pipestrelles showed up right on cue for a test! How to build your own bat detector [5Mb .zip] Baton Bat detector