{"id":328,"date":"2019-09-27T15:37:06","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T14:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniofglos.blog\/cheltenhamwildlife\/?p=328"},"modified":"2024-05-30T09:53:46","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T09:53:46","slug":"pittville-park-bat-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/bats\/2019\/09\/27\/pittville-park-bat-walk\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittville Park bat walk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Before it gets\ntoo dark and cold there\u2019s time for another bat walk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to the <strong>Boathouse Caf\u00e9<\/strong> for once again staying open till late for us last night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/bats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/325\/2019\/11\/blog4-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/bats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/325\/2019\/11\/blog4-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/bats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/325\/2019\/11\/blog4-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/bats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/325\/2019\/11\/blog4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/bats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/325\/2019\/11\/blog4-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/bats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/325\/2019\/11\/blog4-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/bats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/325\/2019\/11\/blog4.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">We can confirm that their vegan hot chocolate is epic. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to everyone who came out \u2013 we had around 30 people out in the park and spent several hours walking around the paths and lakes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/bats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/325\/2019\/11\/blog2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/bats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/325\/2019\/11\/blog2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/bats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/325\/2019\/11\/blog2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/bats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/325\/2019\/11\/blog2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/bats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/325\/2019\/11\/blog2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/bats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/325\/2019\/11\/blog2.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"358\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/bats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/325\/2019\/11\/blog5-scaled-1-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/bats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/325\/2019\/11\/blog5-scaled-1-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/bats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/325\/2019\/11\/blog5-scaled-1-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/bats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/325\/2019\/11\/blog5-scaled-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/bats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/325\/2019\/11\/blog5-scaled-1-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/bats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/325\/2019\/11\/blog5-scaled-1-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/bats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/325\/2019\/11\/blog5-scaled-1.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It took a while\nbut the bats did finally come out and I thought we might be in for a quiet\nnight. Quite a few pipistrelles and soprano pipistrelles flying over the paths,\nand Daubenton\u2019s flying over the lake; <strong>no noctule\u2019s this time. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our new Echo Touch Pro bat detector can record the calls and display them on an iPad screen making identification much easier. It also produces a map showing the activity recorded. This detector allows me to record the bats calls and then analyse them back in my office confirming any species identifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uniofglos.blog\/cheltenhamwildlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/11\/blog1-491x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-354\" width=\"314\" height=\"655\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the end \u2013 it wasn\u2019t such a quiet night <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before it gets too dark and cold there\u2019s time for another bat walk. Thanks to the Boathouse Caf\u00e9 for once again staying open till late for us last night. 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