Monitoring of Horseshoe Bats with Automatic Bat Counters
Automated bat counters have been deployed at various important roost sites for Greater and Lesser Horseshoe Bats (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum and Rhinolophus hipposideros). These collect roost entrance and exit numbers for the bats as well as some limited environmental data. The purpose of this data capture was to obtain reliable population data, in order to relate the changes in bat population and behaviour to changes in the climate and environment in an attempt to understand the factors that limit the geographical ranges of the 2 species. In Wales, Greater Horseshoe Bats breed at the northern limit of their distribution and Lesser Horseshoe Bats breed up to the north coast of Wales where they are fairly common but they are not found at this latitude in England or the mainland of Europe. The sample roosts are within Special Areas of Conservation. The data gives valuable information on the seasonal activity of these bats which can be directly related to management within and around these key roost sites.
- Dull adnabod
- Rhychwant
- Dosbarthiad
- Ansawdd
- Allweddeiriau
- System Cyfeirio Gofodol
- Cynnwys
- Cyfyngiadau
- Cynnal a chadw
- Metadata
Dull adnabod
- Dynodydd
- NRW_DS46159
- Teitl Amgen
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- Monitro ystlumod pedol gyda pheiriannau cyfrif ystlumod
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- English
- Datganiad
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The flight of all bats in and out of a roost is recorded continuously on a computer (together with some environmental data in the case of some loggers). The bats are detected by infrared beam arrays, mounted in the roost entrance, together with laptops installed nearby. A bat flying through a roost entrance is detected when a beam is interrupted. There are two parallel arrays so direction can be recorder along with time/date. Raw data is manually processed using a script every few months to produce counts and graphs.
- Dyddiad cyfeirnod y set ddata (Cyhoeddiad)
- 2014-01-31
Ystod amser
- Dyddiad cychwyn
- 1993-01-01
- Dyddiad gorffen
- 2014-01-31
- Categori pwnc
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- Biota
Rhychwant
Rhychwant
- Hyd
- Wales (WLS)
Dosbarthiad
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Documents
Documents
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[A] Annual report in MS Word. [B] Raw data in MS Excel.
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Documents
Documents
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Ansawdd
Ansawdd Data
- Cwmpas Ansawdd
- Dataset
- Datganiad
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The flight of all bats in and out of a roost is recorded continuously on a computer (together with some environmental data in the case of some loggers). The bats are detected by infrared beam arrays, mounted in the roost entrance, together with laptops installed nearby. A bat flying through a roost entrance is detected when a beam is interrupted. There are two parallel arrays so direction can be recorder along with time/date. Raw data is manually processed using a script every few months to produce counts and graphs.
Allweddeiriau
Allweddair
Allweddair
- NRW Thesaurus
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- bat roost
- horseshoe bats
- greater horseshoe bats
- lesser horseshoe bats
- bats (see also specific species)
- baseline monitoring
- bat monitoring (bat surveys)
- Math
- Theme
Dyfyniad
- Dyddiad (Cyhoeddiad)
- 2023-12-31
System Cyfeirio Gofodol
Cynnwys
Gwybodaeth Cynnwys
Proffil CNC
Elfennau CNC
Cyfyngiadau
Cyfyngiadau
Cyfyngiadau ar Fynediad a Defnydd Cyhoeddus
- Math o Gyfyngiad
- Other restrictions
Cyfarwyddeb Cyfyngiadau Mynediad
- Cyfyngiadau
- no limitations
Testun cyfyngiadau mynediad
- Cyfyngiadau eraill
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Part of this dataset is sensitive and restricted as it contains data exempt from general release under EIR. Sensitive data must be kept confidential; general release is not permitted due to risk of harm to the environment or third parties.
Defnyddiwch gyfyngiadau
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© CNC/NRW Data may be re-used under provision and in line with the terms of a NRW licence and NRWs guidance on Ecological data exempt from general release.
Metadata
Metadata
- Dynodydd Ffeil
- 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-3436313539 XML
- Laith Metadata
- English
- Math o adnodd
- Dataset
- Dyddiad Metadata
- 2024-05-31T09:14:18.582Z
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