Jo Ferguson
@Battyferg
Urban 🦇 ecologist & Manager of the Bat Conservation Trust’s Built Environment programme, sharing interesting environmental musings. My own🦇-y views (she/her)
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It may still be September but we're excited to announce a special online event coming this #Halloween !
🦇𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐯𝐬 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬!🕷️
A collaboration with Bat Conservation Trust where we'll be 'competing' to decide which is best
Book your place
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bats.org.uk/events/bats-vs…
#TeamSpider
We’ve won an award! VWT is the winner of the Bat Conservation Trust Roost Award 2023 for a roost in Devon that has been enhanced to protect against climate change and predators. Well done Tom Kitching, Marina Bollo Palacios and Henry Schofield. More here… bats.org.uk/.../case-studi…
The Bat Survey Guidelines have been updated. The methods are not prescriptive, consultants still need to justify which methods are best suited. Night vision has been incorporated, we have launched a consultation on this aspect bats.org.uk/news/2023/09/b… #NatBatConf
Congratulations to Tom Kitching, Marina Bollo Palacios & Henry Schofield from Vincent Wildlife and the High Marks project who are this year's winners of the Roost award bats.org.uk/our-work/build… #NatBatConf
Jan Collins urges more people to submit case studies so that we can learn and improve from case studies bats.org.uk/our-work/build…
Roost partnership: bats.org.uk/our-work/build…
#NatBatConf
Project Nightwatch has used social media to reach new audiences but it was events that enabled us to engage with communities and building relationships #NatBatConf
Jan Collins, Head of Biodiversity at Bat Conservation Trust, launching the long anticipated 4th edition Bat Survey Guidelines bats.org.uk/news/2023/09/b… #natbatconf
GOV.UK's plans to sink #NutrientNeutrality will:
🧪Put UK rivers at more risk of pollution
😩Weaken existing environmental law
💰Put the cost of cleanup on the public, rather than making the polluter pay
Read the full blog from Richard Benwell here 👉wcl.org.uk/nutrient-negat…
Who is ready for #SunsetSurvey2023 tomorrow?! 🦊🌳🦇 Check out our guide 👇 on how to complete a Sunset Survey ✨NO experience or equipment necessary✨ and is perfect for friends and family 😎 🔗 to get started: bats.org.uk/our-work/natio…
27th #InternationalBatNight – Curtains up for the nocturnal flight artists. This weekend, thousands of people across six continents will head out at dusk to celebrate bats - here we share what all the fun is about and how to get involved. bats.org.uk/news/2023/08/2…
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Through the unique Roost Partnership scheme Bat Conservation Trust aims to improve products to enhance the built environment for our bats. The scheme does not endorse particular products but rather recognises and celebrates the importance of working together - bats.org.uk/our-work/build…