The Norfolk Bat Group is a voluntaray wildlife conservation group
focussing on the conservation of wild bats within the English county of
Norfolk. The Norfolk group were first formed in 1961 and were the first
of the present day ninety county based bat groups in the UK.
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Radio tracking the Barbastelles
Between August 16th and 24th two Barbastelle bats were radio-tracked along
the Norfolk coast. These bats were out of the roost for up to 5 hours at a
time and fed mainly on moths, over beaches, along the cliff line, over the
shore, in large gardens and even amongst caravans! They navigated up to
three miles from the roost following hedges, an old railway track and green
lanes. These are clearly very important highways and feeding areas to them,
as well as being important countryside features.
The Norfolk Bat Group would like to sincerely thank their members who had
sleepless nights while helping. We also acknowledge the help of English
Nature in this project and the use of the wonderful tiny transmitters from
Biotrack Ltd.
Tracking equipment supplied by Biotrack
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