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Subject Topic: Advice on bat detectors?
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19/4/2021 at 5:31pm
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Does anyone have a hand-held bat detector and/or could recommend a reasonably priced and useful one? There are a lot available online at wildly varying prices. It occurred to me that it'd be a good family gift, having two growing grandsons with woodland and a good garden mosaic around where they live, but I'm not sure where to start. Thank you.
(And yes, I know it's insanely early to be thinking about Christmas gifts...)


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19/4/2021 at 5:48pm
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Best advice I have is to join the Bat Conservation Trust and/or your local Bat Group. The guys there will put you in the right direction and teach you more about bats than you can even imagine.

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Good advice. And have a look at a similar wildlife charity’s shop - our local RSPB used to have one or two models: a relatively cheap & cheerful one and one that’s more expensive but more accurate / easier to use. I think you get what you pay for & you’d judge how much to pay by how often you’ll use it.
But the local bat group should be delighted to advise or recommend: great idea.

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Can they tell me when my mother in law is nearby? :-)


02/5/2021 at 3:11pm
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I have one of the traditional ones - not the most up to date - works fine, was about £60 at the time. You can now though get a very fancy thing that attaches to your iphone - I think they are much dearer.



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