BAT NIGHT 2018 MA CHE BELLO IL PIPISTRELLO

Type of event:
Bat Walks & Observation,
Educational
Event presence:
In person
 This is the fourth Bat Night of Sant’Oreste, a little town in the province of Rome, on the slopes of a particularly fascinating mountain: Mount Soratte. This is 691 m a.s.l. and an isolated limestone ridge in Latium, located c. 45 km north to Rome and the sole notable ridge in the Tiber Valley. It is part of a 444 ha Natural Reserve characterized by numerous natural caves and pits. In this locality the research group of Centro Studi Naturalistici Arcadia, coordinated by Dr Vincenzo Ferri, have investigated the bat diversity in relation to spatial, habitat and seasonal distribution, using these methods: ultrasound detection transects, inspections of summer and winters shelters (underground sites, caves, old buildings, older or dead trees), bones analysis of barn and tawny owl pellets. As a result, 17 bat species were recorded, with 8 of them noted in this area at the first time: Rhinolophus euryale, Myotis emarginatus, Eptesicus serotinus, Nyctalus noctula, Nyctalus leisleri, Pipistrellus pipistrellus, P. pygmaeus and Tadarida teniotis. The caves and other underground sites explored in the study period are the hibernation places for R. hipposideros, R. ferrumequinum, M. myotis/blythii, Eptesiscus serotinus and Miniopterus schreibersii. In summer period, the N-E deciduous forests represent an important foraging area for 11 syntopic species: 5 recorded in the forest interior: Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, R. hipposideros, R. euryale, Pipistrellus pipistrellus, P. pygmaeum, and 6 at the forest edge: Myotis bechsteinii, Eptesicus serotinus, Nyctalus noctula, N. leisleri, Miniopterus schreibersii and Tadarida teniotis. During the evening transect in the most important woodland areas of the Mount Soratte Natural Reserve, participants of the Bat Night, organized by Associazione Avventura Soratte and guided by Dr Ferri, will easily be able to record about fifteen species of bats. In front of the natural cavities they can also watch the evening out of hundreds of Rhinolophus ssp and Miniopterus. A really strategic Bat Night for the knowledge of these winged mammals.
William Sersanti
 
 
Event URL:
Person name:
WILLIAM SERSANTI
Organization:
Associazione Avventura Soratte
Address:
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Via Paolo Borsellino 1</div>
E-mail:
info [at] avventurasoratte.com avventurasoratte [at] hotmail.com
Event location details:
Museo Naturalistico di Sant'Oreste (province of Rome) - Natural Reserve of Mount Soratte

BAT NIGHT 2018 MA CHE BELLO IL PIPISTRELLO

Type of event:
Bat Walks & Observation,
Educational
Event location details:
Museo Naturalistico di Sant'Oreste (province of Rome) - Natural Reserve of Mount Soratte
Event description:
 This is the fourth Bat Night of Sant’Oreste, a little town in the province of Rome, on the slopes of a particularly fascinating mountain: Mount Soratte. This is 691 m a.s.l. and an isolated limestone ridge in Latium, located c. 45 km north to Rome and the sole notable ridge in the Tiber Valley. It is part of a 444 ha Natural Reserve characterized by numerous natural caves and pits. In this locality the research group of Centro Studi Naturalistici Arcadia, coordinated by Dr Vincenzo Ferri, have investigated the bat diversity in relation to spatial, habitat and seasonal distribution, using these methods: ultrasound detection transects, inspections of summer and winters shelters (underground sites, caves, old buildings, older or dead trees), bones analysis of barn and tawny owl pellets. As a result, 17 bat species were recorded, with 8 of them noted in this area at the first time: Rhinolophus euryale, Myotis emarginatus, Eptesicus serotinus, Nyctalus noctula, Nyctalus leisleri, Pipistrellus pipistrellus, P. pygmaeus and Tadarida teniotis. The caves and other underground sites explored in the study period are the hibernation places for R. hipposideros, R. ferrumequinum, M. myotis/blythii, Eptesiscus serotinus and Miniopterus schreibersii. In summer period, the N-E deciduous forests represent an important foraging area for 11 syntopic species: 5 recorded in the forest interior: Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, R. hipposideros, R. euryale, Pipistrellus pipistrellus, P. pygmaeum, and 6 at the forest edge: Myotis bechsteinii, Eptesicus serotinus, Nyctalus noctula, N. leisleri, Miniopterus schreibersii and Tadarida teniotis. During the evening transect in the most important woodland areas of the Mount Soratte Natural Reserve, participants of the Bat Night, organized by Associazione Avventura Soratte and guided by Dr Ferri, will easily be able to record about fifteen species of bats. In front of the natural cavities they can also watch the evening out of hundreds of Rhinolophus ssp and Miniopterus. A really strategic Bat Night for the knowledge of these winged mammals.
William Sersanti
 
 
Event URL:
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Contact Information
Person name:
WILLIAM SERSANTI
Address:
<div>
Via Paolo Borsellino 1</div>
Organization:
Associazione Avventura Soratte
E-mail:
info [at] avventurasoratte.com avventurasoratte [at] hotmail.com