[FoNC] bats continued

[Elaine Hutton]

Hi

I spoke to my bat expert friend. She suggests that getting in touch with the Lothian Bat Group would be the best route for advice about bat boxes and who could instal them. They have a Facebook page. 

Kind regards 

Elaine Hutton 

> On 28 Oct 2020, at 21:47, rjmwilson--- via Friends <friends at newington-cemetery.org.uk> wrote:
> 
> Ellen: Just for info.
> 
> With the help of Prof Ben Wilson (known for his work on dolphins at Cromarty, Inverness) I have made two separate recording sessions looking for bat activity in NC. Previously I had  negative results with a hand held sensor. This new  attempt is more sophisticated with Audiomoth recording devices attached to trees and programmed to record at set intervals from dusk to dawn. Recordings were made on 20-21 Sept. and 7-8 October. Bats have now been recorded and so far two species identified.
> Interestingly, at the back-gate area of NC only a few bats were recorded passing through ie. entering and leaving the cemetery. Overnight activity is at the other end near Cameron Toll. Judging from the echo location frequencies, the two species, identified by an expert, are the common pipistrelle and the soprano pipistrelle. Two other possible species were too faint to identify.
> One more trial is in progress before I go into hibernation. Will update in due course.
> 
> Best. iain wilson.
> 
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