What bats do I have, then?
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Looking out my window in rural south Cheshire (near Nantwich), I very often see bats flitting about the courtyard. I can never get a good glimpse of them, but they look about the size of a blackbird with their wings spread. Does anyone know what they are likely to be?
Sadly I've no idea where they nest, or I'd attempt to get some photos.
Sadly I've no idea where they nest, or I'd attempt to get some photos.
ChemicalChaos said:
Looking out my window in rural south Cheshire (near Nantwich), I very often see bats flitting about the courtyard. I can never get a good glimpse of them, but they look about the size of a blackbird with their wings spread. Does anyone know what they are likely to be?
Sadly I've no idea where they nest, or I'd attempt to get some photos.
A friend and neighbour of mine is a world-renowned expert on bats, he's often off on expeditions to caves in south America etc. Anyway I was round his place the other night chatting about the garden when he suddenly whipped out his iPad and a little USB gizmo. This was basically an ultrasonic mic hooked up to an app that converted the bat's calls into the audible range, and also showed a graphic of the intensity, frequency and duration of the call from which the bat could be identified. Really good fun actually, two or three different species of bat in the garden in 15 minutes or so. He also uses other gear for triangulating the position of bats. Sadly I've no idea where they nest, or I'd attempt to get some photos.
So that's what you need!
Yertis said:
A friend and neighbour of mine is a world-renowned expert on bats, he's often off on expeditions to caves in south America etc. Anyway I was round his place the other night chatting about the garden when he suddenly whipped out his iPad and a little USB gizmo. This was basically an ultrasonic mic hooked up to an app that converted the bat's calls into the audible range, and also showed a graphic of the intensity, frequency and duration of the call from which the bat could be identified. Really good fun actually, two or three different species of bat in the garden in 15 minutes or so. He also uses other gear for triangulating the position of bats.
So that's what you need!
Dad has a lower tech version of thatSo that's what you need!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/MAGENTA-BAT4-DETECTOR-LIST...
You have to turn the dial to see what frequency the bat is chirping(?) at to see what type of bat it is. Pretty cool to listen to as you get to hear the navigation chirps and the hunting calls.
Yertis said:
A friend and neighbour of mine is a world-renowned expert on bats, he's often off on expeditions to caves in south America etc. Anyway I was round his place the other night chatting about the garden when he suddenly whipped out his iPad and a little USB gizmo. This was basically an ultrasonic mic hooked up to an app that converted the bat's calls into the audible range, and also showed a graphic of the intensity, frequency and duration of the call from which the bat could be identified. Really good fun actually, two or three different species of bat in the garden in 15 minutes or so. He also uses other gear for triangulating the position of bats.
So that's what you need!
That sounds seriously cool!So that's what you need!
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