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As part of the National Bat Monitoring Program, Wild Windsor wanted to survey the bat activity in the Trinity Wildlife Area, and asked for volunteers. GoodGym members flocked to help out, and an impressive 9 members turned out on a lovely mild evening. Amy, Georgeta and Sheila cycled the 12km or so to join Sara, Jen, Isabel, Nic, Rachel and Anita. We met with taskowner Claire, who is the local bat expert, and was running the survey for the evening. We started with a bit of a workout, clearing the path of weeds whilst it was still light. As dusk began to fall, we turned our attention to the bats. We got into pairs, each with a monitor which displayed the frequency of any bat signals, which indicates the species present. We spread out in the wildlife area, and into the nearby park, and recorded any signals obtained. There was plenty of pipistrelle bat activity recorded, especially in the Wildlife area, as the bats were out and about to catch their breakfast. After 45 mins or so, the activity dropped dramatically, presumably with the bats taking a well-deserved post-prandial snooze. It was a fascinating evening, and it was great to see how much bat activity there was. Thank you to Claire for leading the evening and imparting so much of her knowledge to us. We look forward to helping out again in the future