Following the discovery of rare Bechstein's bats around the Bernwood area of Buckinghamshire as part of the Bat Conservation Trust Bechstein's project, a further study - The Bernwood Forest Bechstein's Project - has been set up by Jo Hodgkins, Chris Damant and Toby Thorne (who were all involved in the BCT study) in order to find out more.
We have been working hard for several months surveying woods in the surrounding area to get some idea of the spread of the population, as well as radio tracking to establish movements.
This effort has paid off with a remarkable degree of success, but this is not something we have been able to share widely; because of our commitment to the wishes of landowners - without whose considerable help we not have been able to do the project at all - and also the sensitivity of the information with two significant developments proposed in the area
However having written an interim report and sent out a press release on our findings so far the bat is now somewhat out of the bag. Given the interest that people have shown, and the significance of the bats, we wanted to have some means to share information and show how we're getting on - hence the creation of a blog and twitter feed for the project.
And here it is!
More information and updates to follow.
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