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Poetry bat walk free - booking required Tuesday 28th April 7:30pm Grove Gardens Chapel

I'll be joining forces with the incredible team at @habsandheritage.bsky.social on 28th April for an evening of bats and poetry in Richmond! Spend an evening with us in the Old Burial Ground at Grove Gardens Chapel - spaces are free but booking is required!🦇🦇🦇 www.trybooking.com/uk/events/la...

🦇 We’re delighted to launch our Connecting People and Landscapes Community Grant Scheme, supporting community groups - particularly underserved communities - based in Devon near our focus farm areas.

Grants of up to £500 are available: www.devoncommunities.org.uk/small-grants...

🦇Join us and @ucllifesciences.bsky.social on 15 April, 5:00–8.30pm, for a screening of The Invisible Mammal followed by a Q&A session, bat walk and drinks at a local pub.

This is a free event but you have to register here: lnkd.in/eRj6cbtY . Donations are optional but always more than welcome!

"My Field for Dummies" - Urban Bats YouTube video by GBatNet

The latest @gbatnet.bsky.social "My Field for Dummies" is on Urban Bats. Robin Rowland from the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland investigates how #bats 🦇 respond behaviorally and physiologically to urbanisation and anthropogenic structures in Australian www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTej...

🦇As the weather gets warmer, brown long-eared bats will start shedding their ear muffs which protects their fragile ears from the cold during hibernation.

If you find these on the floor in your local area, you are in luck - brown long-eared bats are around! 🥰

New paper alert:
>80k nacelle-height recordings and stereo-thermal 3D tracks show that bats sing in the rotor-swept zone and circle turbine nacelles. We need smarter, species-sensitive curtailment that aligns both climate and biodiversity goals.
#Bats #Conservation
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s420...

Screenshot of the EGI seminars You-tube Channel

We've uploaded recordings of many of our seminars over the last few months to our You-tube channel, including from @cornishjackdaws.bsky.social, Kristen Ruegg, Daniel Field, @jon-slate.bsky.social, Paul Acker, @thelabandfield.bsky.social & @kokkonut.bsky.social - Enjoy!

www.youtube.com/@EGIOxford

Why bats matter - About Bats - Bat Conservation Trust Bats matter across the UK and around the world. Bat species play a vital role in ecosystems, from agricultural land to tropical forests. They pollinate ...

Bats provide critical ecosystem services. #Bats 🦇 prevent crop damage and can help reduced insecticide use, three examples:

USA cotton farmers benefit by $3.7-53 billion per year

Italian apple orchards benefit by €551/ha

Rice farmers in Europe benefit by €56/ha

www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/w...

Research Fellow in Bat Ecosystem Services - Southampton, United Kingdom job with UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON | 407791 Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Southampton ...

Three year postdoc fellowship working with bats in Mexico 🦇🦇(with fieldwork)

Project title: Quantifying the socio-economic consequences of losing bat guano services

Led by: Dr Veronica Zamora-Gutierrez

www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/list...

#VoteGreen 💚

Clean Water Now - tell your MP to take action Take action A new water law is coming. Soon, MPs will decide whether to finally clean up our rivers, lakes and seas − or let toxic pollution continue unchecked. Right now, sewage, farming pollution an...

I just emailed my MP through the #CleanWaterNow campaign 🌊 calling for a new water law to stop pollution and restore rivers, lakes and seas. Every voice matters – will you join me? action.friendsoftheearth.uk/target/clean...

🦇 Water habitats are essential for all UK bat species, as they provide food and can act as a safe blue corridor between important sites.

Please support this campaign and email your MP to demand action for clean water now. It only takes 2 minutes:
action.friendsoftheearth.uk/target/clean...

Project Officer, Natur Am Byth! (Swansea Bay’s Stars of the Night) - Swyddog Prosiect Natur Am Byth! (Sêr y Nos Bae Abertawe) - Bat Conservation Trust Fixed term, Home based, Part-time (22.5 hrs/week)£30,000 - £32,000 pro rata depending on experience (£18,000 - £19,200 at 0.6 FTE)

🦇We are recruiting! We are seeking a Project Officer to deliver the last 2 years of the Swansea Bay’s Stars of the Night project, a component of Natur Am Byth!

Fixed term, Home based, Part-time (22.5 hrs/week).

Deadline: 9am, 13 March www.bats.org.uk/the-trust/jo...

*NEW* Combined Bats and Arboriculture course (Scoping surveys & Secondary roost surveys for arborists).

In person at Tatton Park, Cheshire on 4 March (afternoon) and 5 March (full day).

More info and to book:
www.bats.org.uk/our-work/tra...

*NEW* Bat Skills Bootcamp – Endoscopes & trees. In person at Windsor Great Park on 18 March.

Our Bat Skills Bootcamps provide opportunities to focus on honing practical skills which are vital to a bat worker.

www.bats.org.uk/our-work/tra...

🦇A new episode of #BatChat is out now: From Aberdeen to Madagascar with Paul Racey!

Steve chats with Emeritus Professor Paul Racey, one of the best-known figures in bat ecology and conservation.

Available in your usual place or online here: batchat.buzzsprout.com/680561/episo...

Jobs / Contracts - About Us - Bat Conservation Trust Please note: BCT is a Living Wage employer. BCT strives to provide an accessible recruitment process. If you require reasonable adjustments for any pa...

🦇 Not 1 but 2 NEW exciting vacancies:

- Seasonal Bat Advisors for the National Bat Helpline.
- Project Officer, Sibrydion y Coedwigoedd/ Whispers of the Woodlands

Deadline for both: 9am 16 February.

More info: www.bats.org.uk/the-trust/jo...

🦇Only 2 places up for grabs and the booking deadline is TOMORROW, 28 Jan 👇
www.bats.org.uk/our-work/tra...

🦇MY FIELD FOR DUMMIES IS BACK!🦇

We are THRILLED to have Dr. Alyson Brokaw as out first speaker of 2026. Dr. Brokaw focuses her research on behavioral ecology and sensory biology and is passionate about science communication and outreach.

REGISTER FOR FREE HERE!
tinyurl.com/2kw9wr5x

Help us make hope normal again.

Join the Green Party now.

How should the discipline of ecology and the community of ecologists respond to the ecological crisis? Is it time that these were put on something more akin to an emergency footing?
www.cell.com/action/showP...

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We have over 25 submissions to select from! Choose your TOP 3 choices for the contest! Follow the link below to vote!

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New OA 🦇 research 📄 studying the wonders of #bat #migration

To Migrate or not to Migrate? Exploring the Genomic Basis of Partial Migratory Behavior in Bats

academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...

Restoring Rivers for Multi-Benefit Outcomes: From Biodiversity to Flood Resilience at University of Stirling on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Restoring Rivers for Multi-Benefit Outcomes: From Biodiversity to Flood Resilience at University of Stirling, listed on FindAPhD.com

4 YR Fully Funded PhD Opportunity (UK home fees)
Restoring Rivers for Multi-Benefit Outcomes: From Biodiversity to Flood Resilience
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Dimming streetlights in urban areas reduces insect attraction but pipistrelle bats forage more in darkness Artificial light at night (ALAN) disrupts the activity patterns of a wide range of organisms. Nocturnal animals are particularly vulnerable to this di…

Dimming streetlights in urban areas reduces insect attraction but pipistrelle bats forage more in darkness 🦇

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Effectiveness of pipe culverts in facilitating road crossings by clutter-adapted bats Roads have several negative ecological effects on bats. Clutter-adapted bat species avoid roads as the open space increases the risk of predation. Thi…

Effectiveness of pipe culverts in facilitating road crossings by clutter-adapted bats🦇

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Habitat suitability is correlated with acoustic activity of bats - Landscape Ecology Context Habitat suitability models (HSMs) are a powerful tool for estimating species occurrence and contribute to evidence-based conservation planning. It is important to verify HSM predictions with g...

Habitat suitability is correlated with acoustic activity of bats 🦇

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Lots of great new OA 🦇 research 📄 published recently that provide valuable insights into different aspects of bat responses to natural and man-made elements of the #environment. Whilst these may not seem particularly "exciting" they provide crucial evidence to aid bat conservation.

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Habitat suitability is correlated with acoustic activity of bats - Landscape Ecology Context Habitat suitability models (HSMs) are a powerful tool for estimating species occurrence and contribute to evidence-based conservation planning. It is important to verify HSM predictions with g...

Habitat suitability is correlated with acoustic activity of bats

link.springer.com/article/10.1...