Jersey Bat Group

Hi – you are invited to this years Biodiversity Partnership meeting:

Thursday 26th August 19:00 – 21:00 or

Saturday 28th August 10:00 – 13:00

BAP Partnership 26th and 28th Invite Aug102

Can you pass this on to anyone who doesn’t use this forum please

David

PLEASE NOTE IF WE DON’T GET ANY VOLUNTEERS FOR THIS EVENT OUR SECTION WILL HAVE TO BE CANCELLED!!!!

Volunteers are needed to run the stand at Durrell day on Saturday 14th August and Sunday 15th August as I am out of the island what weekend and Kate has to work, so although she will be at Durrell all day she won’t be able to man the stall the whole time therefore it is essential that we get enough volunteers to cover the whole day! If anyone fancies staying there the whole day that would be good too…
Let me know ASAP if you are available as I am leaving on 9th August so will need to run through the activities we have planned etc with you before I go, please email me on ani_holliland@hotmail.com or send me a text on 07797825570 and I will get back to you as soon as I can (as I have abit of a busy week before I leave).
Thanks,

ani

Hi everyone.

We have been asked whether we would like to be part of Durrell Day which is happening on the 14th and 15th of August .

This is a really good oppotunity for us as they are expecting about 5000 visitors per day! There is going to be a dedicated bat area up by the bat tunnel which is going to be one of 5 education zone and obviously we will share this area with Durrell’s one.   

I thought it would be really great if as many of us as possible to get together to discuss our ideas  and see how many of us will be available to do it. We are also getting a banner made by the lovely Naomi which we will be able to use at all our events, and we’d like as many people to see it / have input into its design as possible so everyone has a part  in it!

I am thinking the 21st july provisionally, could you let me know if this is convenient to everyone?

Thanks

Kate

The bats are back in the roost at Howard Davis Farm, it is quite a large roost so is a good one to visit for anyone that has got abit bored of not seeing any bats!
Donna went to check it out last night and said this:
“I am tres excited as I saw 68 bats coming out the office last night.
I have asked Louise Magris and she is happy for the bat group to visit one night if anyone wants to see what I believe to be a maternity roost (?)…..There is loads of poooooo )”

If anyone is interested in going up let me know and I will arrange a date or a couple of dates.

Thanks,

ani

Hi All,

I am proposing to add Ruari Allen as a ‘officer’ of the bat group as one of our most experienced surveyors, if anyone has an objection please comment/email ASAP.

Thanks,

ani

“Whilst out walking very early on May the 23rd ( doing a dawn chorus ) we were lucky enough to discover a bat roost. In the roof space of the pumping station, at Val de la mare,( below the damn) they were entering through a small crack in the eave (facing seawards) it was wonderful to see them enter at speed, I hope this is of some interest to you.
best wishes
Tracy Vibert”

Michael Brimacombe has contacted us as follows:
“Conrad Evans of Jersey Trees for Life has suggested I seek your assistance concerning establishing the presence of bats in the grounds of our property Temple View .
The context for this enquiry is a current proposal under the High Hedges law to very drastically reduce the height of a line of mature Holm Oaks standing in La Rue des Marettes, which makes this matter very urgent.
Knowledgeable people working here have claimed to have seen bats and Conrad Evans has suggested that the cavities in these Holm Oaks, some of which are more than a century old, may be inhabited by bats. He has recommended that a “bat detector” should be used by a trained detector to determine if this is the case.”

Due to the urgency of the need for this survey we are going to be carrying out an initial survey on Thursday 17th June (this week), Kate Sharma is then going to conduct a survey of the crevices in the trees during the day on Friday, we will then conduct a follow up dusk survey on Monday 21st June.

As it is a fairly large hedgerow we could do with as many volunteers with bat detectors as possible in order to conduct the dusk surveys.

If you are available on Thursday or Monday please let me know, we will be meeting at Temple View, La Rue des Marettes, St Martin JE3 6DS at 9pm. Temple View is located about 400 yards down La Rue des Marettes – leading from the main road just North of Ransoms Garden Centre eastwards to Anne Port – the path leading up Faldouet Dolmen is straight on and about 200 yards further. It is the third house on the right hand side up a short drive between a couple of cement pillars. There are gates at the top of the drive, but people can park in the field on the right at the top.

Your help would be much appreciated for this survey.

Thanks,

ani

The weather report is not looking good for tomorrow therefore I am re-scheduling the Oaklands survey for 8.15/8.30pm Thursday 27th May, please confirm your attendance so that I can update the surveyor.
thanks,
ani

A big thank you to Si and Miranda for coming down to La Braye to help me out on Saturday, and to Si for volunteering to write a newsletter article about the event.

CHEERS GUYS

ani

Hi All,

As you are probably aware we are going to have a stall at the Spring Watch Wild Day out event at La Braye on Saturday 22nd May.

The event runs from 10am until 4pm and volunteers are needed to attend the stall and organise the children’s activities, I will be there for the majority of the day but it would be great to get a few more people to come along as well. If you are able to attend please let me know what times you can do!

Thanks,

ani