Flight Club
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This document discusses building and operating a flight cage for bats. It addresses assessing needs and designing a flight cage, including logistics like location, materials, and furnishings. Static cages are for testing flying, training volunteers, and practice flying in nice weather. Flexible tents can be used for soft release and as low-cost temporary flight cages. Operating a flight cage requires staff, procedures, volunteers and managing residents, outpatients and soft releases. Alternative temporary flight cages include large tents or screens that provide a space for bats to fly.
Flight Club
- 1. FLIGHT CLUB B U I L D I N G A N D U S I N G A F L I G H T C A G E M O R G A N B O W E R S , C H A I R , B R U M A T S
- 3. WHERE TO STARTA S S E S S I N G Y O U R N E E D S A N D D E S I G N I N G F R O M T H E R E .
- 4. WHY DO YOU NEED ONE? Test ? Suitability for release ? Echolocation Train ? Carers to handle & Assess ? Bats to fly again Release ? Hand-reared pups ? Bats of unknown origin ?
- 5. WHY DO YOU NEED ONE? ? Soft Release ? Long Term Rehab ? All Weather ? Hand-reared pups ? Storage/equipment Static Cage ? Test Flying ? Training Vols ? Echolocation ? Practice Flying ? Fine Weather Only Flex / Tent
- 6. LOGISTICS What do you want it for? What kind do you need? Who is going to build it? Have you got the staff to run it? What training / skills do you need? Have you got a location for it?
- 7. LOCATION
- 8. DESIGN
- 10. FLIGHT PLAN
- 11. BUILDING A STATIC FLIGHTM A T E R I A L S , D E S I G N & C O N S T R U C T I O N
- 13. WALLS & ROOF
- 14. SHED / STORAGE
- 15. INTERNAL FLOOR
- 16. INTERNAL WALLS
- 17. BAT BOXES
- 21. FINISHED! N O W T H E H A R D W O R K B E G I N S
- 22. OPERATING YOUR FLIGHT CAGES T A F F , P R O C E D U R E S , R U N N I N G C O S T S
- 23. RESIDENTS
- 24. OUTPATIENTS
- 25. VOLUNTEERS
- 26. SOFT RELEASE
- 27. ALTERNATIVEST E M P O R A R Y F L I G H T C A G E S
- 28. WE NZ EL S C R EEN HOUS E 12 x 14 feet Ca ?100 (Amazon) Floor intact AKA Party Tent, Screen Gazebo
- 30. THANK YOU!M O R G A N B O W E R S C H A I R , B R U M B A T S M O R G A N @ B R U M B A T S . O R G . U K W W W . B R U M B A T S . O R G . U K