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Netting, and ... catching the Greater noctule is an incredible surprise.14 Mammal Survey Eastern Rhodope Bulgaria
3. BAT RECORDSBat work aimed at getting information about the bat fauna present by obtaining records of all speciesof bats and surveying for roosts. Secondly, since the Eastern Rhodopes are one of Europe’s richestregions for bat species, our visit enabled us to get some experience with observing bat species notknown to live in Western Europe.3.1. Methods and materialsSeveral survey methods for bats are known. During the workshop in Madzharovo, the following methodswere applied.- Use of bat detectors. Hunting bats can be surveyed by walking around in villages, and by slowlydriving around in cars.- Cave visits. Several bat species roost in small and large caves. Visiting caves during the daytimemay reveal the presence of roosts.- Inspection of bridges et cetera. Several bat species use crevices or holes under bridges. Inspectingthese bridges during the daytime may reveal single roosts and even small colonies.- Visiting attics and abandoned buildings. Many bat species use all kinds of free spaces in abandonedbuildings, basements in apartment buildings, church lofts, attics in large houses et cetera.Several species like to roost in unfrequented places, especially where air vents are present.- Use of mist nets. By putting a mist net at a cave entrance or feeding place, bats may be caught.At roosts in houses, departing bats may be caught.3.2. ResultsMaps 1 to 4 shows the results of the bat survey in the area. We observed many thousands of bats. Alist of all encountered bat species is included as Appendix C to this report. In this appendix, you canfind both the Scientific names, the English names, the Dutch names and the Bulgarian names of allrecorded species. Large numbers were seen at a few (already known) caves, small numbers at newlyfound roosts. The region’s bat diversity may be unique in Europe. We observed 20 different species.We collected some new data on the bat fauna for the area. One roost found of Tadarida teniotis appearedto be the first record of a roost in Bulgaria.3.3. Species descriptionsSerotine - Eptesicus serotinusNumber of records — 1-3 exx. hunting in 8 locations, in or near villages.Type of records — bat detector.Status and distribution — not very common, but widespread.Special notes —Roosting preference — inside buildings, no roosts found.Schreibers’bat - Miniopterus schreibersiiNumber of records — 1ex.hunting in 2 locations, 2 two (known) roosts.Type of records — bat detector; visits to attics and abandoned buildings.Status and distribution — locally common cave-dwelling species.Special notes — one record of hunting, (most probably) a Miniopterus in daylight (3-4a.m.).Roosting preference — we visied two known localities: 1) cave Jarasa Ini, near the village VisokaPoljana, appr. >2,000 bats and 2) cave Aina Ini, near village Ribino,appr. 500 bats. In the Samara cave also near Ribino, appr. 50 bats werecounted.Mammal Survey Eastern Rhodope Bulgaria 15
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