Bats

Bats at Priory

There are records of seven different species of bat at Priory:

• Brown Long-Eared
• Common Pipestrelle
• Daubentons'
• Leisler’s
• Nathusius' Pipestrelle
• Noctule
•Soprano Pipestrelle

Bats

When the sun goes down different wildlife comes out to play at Priory Country Park.

To help you find the evening wildlife the rangers, with the kind help of the Bedfordshire Bat Group, run public bat walks (see the events page).

The bat walks give you the chance to:

• See bats in their natural environment
• Listen to bats on a detector
• Talk about bats with the rangers and bat group members

These walks are very popular, so numbers are limited and booking is essential.

The park is involved with the scientific monitoring of the bats within the park by:
• Performing surveys
• NBMP roost count (Soprano Pipistrelle)
• NBMP waterways count (Daubentons)
• NBMP Nathusius' Pipistrelle count

Bat Walks 2010

• May	28th	9:00 P.M.
• Jun	15th	9:00 P.M.
• Jul	15th	9:00 P.M.
• Aug	12th	8:30 P.M.
• Aug	31st	7:30 P.M.
• Sep	9th	7:00 P.M.

These walks are very popular and the numbers are limited to 20 people per walk.

Booking is essential, contact the rangers on 01234 211182.