Daubenton's Bat Training

joela

I hope I haven't accidentally doubled up on this but I looked and couldn't see a similar post. Anyway, if any of you are interested in helping out Bat Conservation Ireland with the 2012 All Ireland Daubenton’s Bat Waterway Survey I have given details below

All Ireland Daubenton’s Bat Waterway Survey Training Courses
Please come along to whichever training event suits you. For new volunteers, waterway sites will be allocated on the night of the training. For any queries please contact Tina at info@batconservationireland.org.
All training courses are organised by Bat Conservation Ireland in association with local biodiversity officers, wildlife groups, heritage officers, NPWS and county bat groups.
Training courses involve a 2-hour indoor session followed by 1-hour demonstration at a local waterway.
1. County Louth
Tuesday 10th July 2012 @ 8.00 pm, Millmount Museum, Drogheda, Co. Louth. http://www.millmount.net/ for directions.

2. County Offaly
Wednesday 11th July 2012 @8.30 pm, Clara Bog Visitor Centre, Clara, Co. Offaly. http://www.npws.ie/naturereserves/offaly/clarabognaturereserve/ for directions.

3. County Wicklow
Thursday 12th July 2012 @ 8.00 pm, Bolgers Cottage, Wicklow Mountains National Park, Glenveagh. http://www.wicklowmountainsnationalpark.ie/ for directions.

4. County Cork
Monday 16th July 2012 @8.00 pm, Millstreet Country Park, Millstreet, Co. Cork. http://www.millstreetcountrypark.com/ for directions.

5. County Tipperary
Tuesday 17th July 2012 @ 8.00 pm, Cabragh Wetlands, Thurles, County Tipperary cabraghwetlands@eircom.net http://www.cabraghwetlands.ie/ for directions.

6. County Kerry
Wednesday 18th July 2012 @ 8.00 pm, Knockreer House, Education Centre, Killarney National Park, Killarney, Co. Kerry. http://www.killarneynationalpark.ie/educentre.html for directions.

7. County Leitrim
Provisional: Tuesday 24th July 2012 @ 8.00 pm, Drumsna Community Resource Centre, Drumsna, Co. Leitrim. http://www.drumsna.com/resourse.html

8. County Down
Wednesday 25th July 2012 @ 8.00 pm, Tollymore Outdoor Education Centre, Newcastle (Mourne Heritage Trust), Co. Antrim. http://www.tollymore.com/ for directions.

9. County Fermanagh
Thursday 26th July 2012 @ 7.30 pm, Fermanagh House, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh. http://www.fermanaghhouse.org/index.php for directions.

10. County Antrim
Friday 27th July 2012 @ 8.00 pm, Clotworthy House, Antrim Castle Gardens, Co. Antrim. http://www.antrim.gov.uk/index.cfm/website_Key/27/Category_key/129/Page_Key/467/ for more details. Ruth Wilson, Biodiversity Officer 028 9446 3113 ext 1371.

Training courses to be confirmed for Dublin, Westmeath, Mayo, Derry, Cavan and Donegal.
Like us on Facebook to keep up-to-date on events or register your interest in participating by clicking the following link http://www.batconservationireland.org/php/monitoring_daub.php.

Alun

joela wrote: »

3. County Wicklow
Thursday 12th July 2012 @ 8.00 pm, Bolgers Cottage, Wicklow Mountains National Park, Glenveagh. http://www.wicklowmountainsnationalpark.ie/ for directions.

I think you mean Glendalough

joela

Alun wrote: »

I think you mean Glendalough

Indeed they do, I got an email about it last night and they had corrected it. Thanks :-D

Kess73

Sounds very interesting. Shame they are not running something similar in the Limerick area. Places like Currachase Park or the Clare Glens seem to have good sized bat populations, even the small park near Foynes that is above the River Shannon seems to have a fair number.


If anyone from on here goes to one of the nights, I would love to hear how it went and what you saw.


As an aside: Did anyone else see the thread title and think that it was about something very different?:)

joela

Kess73 wrote: »

Sounds very interesting. Shame they are not running something similar in the Limerick area. Places like Currachase Park or the Clare Glens seem to have good sized bat populations, even the small park near Foynes that is above the River Shannon seems to have a fair number.


If anyone from on here goes to one of the nights, I would love to hear how it went and what you saw.


As an aside: Did anyone else see the thread title and think that it was about something very different?:)

Title any better? :-D

Kess you can still do the surveys even if no training course near you this year. Millstreet wouldn't be too far from parts of Limerick though? Anyway this was the email I got recently, see below.

Dear all,
You registered recently to participate in the All Ireland Daubenton’s Bats Waterways Survey. I had included below a list of training courses across the island. Hopefully there is one that is suitable for you to attend. If not, I can provide an online tutorial that you can use and if happy, I can provide you with a waterway site for your local area. I also have some training presentations, U-Tube clips and sounds of the Daubenton’s bat echolocation calls to aid you in your participation. We also hope to roll out a Daubenton’s Training App for Android mobile phones to assist new people.

Let me know if you are able to attend or if alternatives are required. Unfortunately I can only cover ½ of the island per year with training.

In addition, there are 3 students (Galway, Dublin and Waterford) that are doing for Daubenton’s surveys that may need assistance. This could be a way for people not able to attend training to gain some experience on the surveys before commiting.

Kess73

Would be over an hour from where I am, so finishing at Millstreet around 11pm on a Monday night and still having to get back to Limerick would not work for me tbh as I tend to be up around the 5am mark on a Tuesday.


But as I said already, it sounds very interesting.


Think I preferred the old thread title though as it conjured up images of an army of trained bats

Half-cocked

Just spotted a bat high over my garden, don't see many around here. It was audible, a series of rapid high pitched peep peep peep noises. Is this enough to ID the species?

swifts need our help!

How high? Hedge, house, tree or above mature tree height?

The only sounds we can hear are social calls which are emitted around 14-25KHz. Ticks could be pipistrelles. If it shoulds like two coins hitting it could be Leisler's bat.

There is a bat conference in Sligo from 21st to 23rd of September
http://www.batconservationireland.org/pubs/7thIBC2012Programme.pdf

Half-cocked

swifts need our help! wrote: »

How high? Hedge, house, tree or above mature tree height?

The only sounds we can hear are social calls which are emitted around 14-25KHz. Ticks could be pipistrelles. If it shoulds like two coins hitting it could be Leisler's bat.

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It was up high, above the tree tops. I'd invest in a bat detector except they are quite scarce in our area.

swifts need our help!

Above mature tree height and flying fast in straight lines with stoops after insects would be a Leisler's bat.

Pipistrelles don't read books and can be seen around the tree canopy but would be more irregular in flight with short dips for insects. Pips tend to be seen around tall hedge height up to lower regions of tree branches.

Eddie B

Signed up yesterday!!!:) Training course was very interesting and very educational!