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November 2009 (369Kb)	Our BBQ was a big success Great Tits acquire taste for bats Rare bat rewrites record books Bats set up homes on the highway Barbastelle Radio tracking project update The great bat box hunt Events
January 2009 (229Kb)	AGM Barbastelle Project 2009 Doomed Tanzanian bat makes dramatic comeback Bat boxes Why fruit eating bats eat dirt Hair of the bat Record bat density in Ecuador Events
August 2008 (270Kb)	Whichford Barbastelle Project Rare bat fossils found in Egypt Request for Lesser Horseshoe bat records Going batty in Florida Bats aid organic coffee growers Events
February 2008 (223Kb)	Magnetic navigation in Chinese Noctules Bat stall at PestTech national conference River Anker bridges survey Developer fined for roost destruction in Herts Bat hibernaculum in Suffolk Events
November 2007 (289Kb)	Covent Garden batty soup for Halloween Bats and the planning system A batty poem Origins of the Greater Horseshoe bat BCT bat sound library Bats and Roadside Mammals survey Behavious of roosting Lesser Horseshoes Events
August 2007 (496Kb)	Baby bats under threat from bad weather Bad weather affects midge numbers Barbastelle project postponed due to weather Moths' mimicry keeps them alive Lesser Horseshoe emergency - part 1 & 2 Rugby in Bloom festival Bat detecting without detectors Life in the fast lane New equipment Events
May 2007 (665Kb)	New committee members Nathusius' Pipistrelle found at Brandon Marsh Radar saves bats at windfarms Bats (and meteors) at Bedworth Sloughs New bat boxes at Swift Valley Industrial Estate, Rugby Bat group constitution Bat Walk at Ensor's Pool Experts unite to improve mitigation for bats Bat equipment causes bomb scare New equipment Events
February 2007 (241Kb)	National Bat Monitoring Programme Bats & Roadside Mammals Survey - 2007 Kamikaze Bats Monitoring Bat Guano Populations in Thailand Book Review - "Ecological Consequences of Artificial Night Lighting" Bat Survey Guidelines - consultation Events
June 2005 (421k)	Sussex University's "Automated Ultrasound Recorder" Online petition about bats and taxidermy on eBay Nathusius' Pipistrelle Bat detector calibration Old water pipes as bat roosts Events
March 2005 (640Kb)	New Chair needed for Warks batgroup Bats & Roadside Mammals Survey 2005 SE Staffs batgroup events New education ranger for Coombe Abbey Welsh Bat Conference 2005 European Bat ID guide to download Sampled bat calls make CD of 'bat-music' Clement Ader's bat plane BMP2 gene and bat evolution Bat Thistle camp Rough Science and bat guano Events
December 2004 (238Kb)	Royal Mail bat stamp Abbey Fields Batbox check Egyptian Fruit Bats at Longleat Events
September 2004 (262Kb)	Operation Bat: A police initiative to thwart bat crime Woodchester Batcam Ultrasonic alarm calls in Richardson's Ground Squirrels Katydids and bat predation Events
June 2004 (327Kb)	Batbox Check at Brandon Marsh Book Reviews: "Bat Ecology", "Echolocation in Bats and Dolphins" Ightham Mote House Bats and Wind Turbines How a Praying Mantis Avoids Bat Predation "Darker Than Night": an artwork installation by Eduardo Kacwhich Events
December 2003 (414Kb)	Barbastelles at Brandon Marsh The Twilight Zone: Seba’s Short-Tailed Bat (Carollia perspicillata azteca) Rodrigues Fruit Bat (Pteropus Rodricensis) Bats and Development Christmas Quiz
July 2003 (362Kb)	Events Town & Country Show AGM report Snitterfield Bushes bat boxes Friends of Abbey Fields EGroup Green bats Barbastelle bat facts
June 2003 (196Kb)	Events AGM
December 2002 (377Kb)	Events David McRae
November 2002 (231Kb)	Events 17th National Bat Conference, Reading Bats & Rabies
April 2002 (506Kb)	Events Event reports National Herb Centre - Batbox results Bat Survey - Warwickshire College, Moreton Morrell Phil Richardson's new job Warwickshire Bat Hospital open evening Do bats have perfect pitch? Bat Sail Habitat Regulation Licences - Guidance to Bat Groups Bat Facts
February 2002 (940Kb)	Events What did we do in 2001? WBG & Rugby Borough Council - Batbox scheme Warwickshire Bat Hospital WBG & FWAG - Batbox scheme Book Review The Things I've Seen National Bat Conference Report Bat Facts
May 2001 (170Kb)	Events Batman & Rosie AGM report We're Going Down The Pub - WBG Socials WBG E-group (with sample postings) National Herb Centre Coombe Abbey Bat Boxes
February 2001 (81Kb)	Events Christmas Party Regional Meeting Report Something Special: Hibernating Barbastelle found in Warks
October 2000 (502Kb)	Events The Long Arm of the Law: A Pip roost @ Warks Police HQ Pip Watching National Bat Conference 2000: tent-making bats, adaptation or plastical behaviour?, Serotines in Kent, Short-tailed bats on Codfish Island New Zealand, bats in Nothern Ireland country estates.
August 2000 (95Kb)	Events Welsh Bat Conference 2000 Interview: Phil Richardson, Chair of Northants Bat Group/Bat Conservation Trust £40,000 Home For Sale, Bats Only Need Apply A Bat In The Hand....
March 2000 (111Kb)	Events Boris, The Oldest British Bat Interview: Dr Paul Elliott, Chair Of Warks Bat Group Never Mind The Bullocks, Here's The Slugs Wing Damage The Spatial Imager - A White Stick With A Bat Sense
January 2000 (74Kb)	Events Land Of The Giant Bat
October 1999 (502Kb)	Events Making More Use Of Your Bat Detector National Bat Conference 1999 Letters
June 1999 (41Kb)	Events
May 1999 (106Kb)	Events Bat Worker's Manual Blue Tits Nesting In Standard Bat Boxes Finnemore Bat Box Design
Winter 1998 (293Kb)	Events The Batman Of Onley Never Mind The Bullocks - Here's the Slugs Donation For Bat Conservation And The Nearest Late-Night Mealworm Shop Is? Letters (Australia) Going Green In The Park - Rugby The Warks Bat Group Roadshow
Summer 1998 (378Kb)	Events The Bat Detective, CD review Down The Smoke Ultrasonic Bat Detectors: A Beginner's Guide
Winter 1997 (142Kb)	Events National Bat Conference 1997 Culture Corner Going Green In The Park Over The Fields Bats In Bolivia Compton Verney Ice House Anne & Roy Go Bats In Devon
Summer 1997 (225Kb)	Events Compton Verney Ice House Coventry's bats National Bat Monitoring Programme Tales From A Lower Division Tales From The Tube Daubenton's bat
Autumn 1996 (165Kb)	7th European Bat Research Symposium Bats and Rabies - the facts Letters New Trainer for Warks Natterer's bat Cluson bat lamps Snitterfield Bat Count Lesser Horseshoe Monitoring
Spring 1996 (675Kb)	Events Bats at the NEC Greater Horseshoe bat Batty Trivia British Bat Survey
Autumn 1995 (726Kb)	Events Bat Detector Workshop 10th International Bat Conference Letters Underground Reservoir Hibernaculum Bat Stalls Bat Walks & Bat Box Workshop at Coombe Abbey
March 1995 (1,214Kb)	Events Bat Poem Guide to Bat ID Discovering Bats Brown Long-eared bat Egyptian Rousette bat Bat Watch at Fen End E-H of bats
September 1994 (675Kb)	Events Daubenton's bat Pill Box Hibernaculum Myths & Legends Bat Box Design A-D of bats Bat Poetry
March 1994 (295Kb)	Events Pipistrelle bat Conservation News

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