It was a lovely day in the Shire yesterday. Plenty of soprano pipistrelles and Natterer’s to keep us busy, 15,000 steps in wellies, and some great ring recoveries. Wiltshire Bat Group Bat Conservation Trust

Don't get me wrong, I really enjoy winter surveys, and sometimes the Bats are easy to spot and ID, but as Wiltshire sinks under another deluge, I want it to be Spring, and warm, and dry,😂 Bat Conservation Trust Wiltshire Bat Group

Absence of lunar phobia in European swarming vespertilionid bats
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Our good friend and long time Wiltshire Bat Group member James Shipman has a book coming out! If you get the opportunity to go out batting with James you won't regret it! Trouble identing Juv female Brandt's? Get the book when it comes out 👍 Bat Conservation Trust pelagicpublishing.com/collections/co…

Bats have moved to higher altitudes and are bigger because of climate change. Danilo Russo’s research spans 24 years, and I am honoured to be part of this new paper in Science of the Total Environment.

New genetic techniques have revealed the scale of decline of barbastelles and its link to widescale historical tree felling bats.org.uk/news/2023/12/b…

There are more than 80 bat groups in the UK. They are made up of dedicated volunteers and are the mainstay of bat conservation across the country, undertaking vital front-line conservation work. They are a great way to get started in the world of bats: buff.ly/3k7VvWN

#Bats are breaking zoology's rules!
All known #mammals reproduce by putting the penis inside their partner's reproductive tract...
🦇**UNTIL NOW**🦇
A British bat has been found to have sex like a bird - because the penis does not fit inside the vagina.
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Had a lovely evening recording this with wendy de bie at the stunning Lacock. Have a listen to today’s episode to hear about the gargoyles that regurgitate bats every evening as well as what the Wiltshire Bat Group get up to!
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Evolutionary chance made the barbastelle bat a specialist hunter, says study buff.ly/3QApeEm via Phys.org

Pretty sure this Noctule had his comedy halloween teeth in. Last box checks of the year in deepest darkest Swindon. Bat Conservation Trust Wiltshire Bat Group

Finally made a (very short) video user guide for π•pistrelle / pippyg / BatWalk

Bat Conservation Trust 8 Out Of 10 Bats Al Milano Raspberry Pi

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🔊 Do not miss this 📰 by Megan Power, PhD et al. about #telomeres in #hibernating ❄️🦇 and possible consequences of #climate #change 🌍🌡️ The Royal Society | UCD BatLab | Gareth Jones' Lab - University of Bristol | Odysys lab

🔎➡️ royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

Oh go on then. It's also great when you get to use your new gloves.
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How do you find a needle in a haystack?
Or a very rare bat in woodlands?
Our new paper, shows how to use #CitizenScience accoustic surveys to focus search for barbastelle maternity roosts. protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/KuVcCA19wUAG… @kezomalley Vincent Wildlife #bats #conservation 🦇🦇

We’re at the #RestoreNatureNow rally today letting our politicians know we care about our natural heritage and we value its protection. Lovely to bump into our president Chris Packham and trustee John Randall (of Uxbridge) . Do join us!

Would you like to engage communities to restore one of Britain’s rarest bats? Do you have excellent communication and engagement skills? Could you be our Barbastelle Conservation Officer at VWT’s Natur am Byth! barbastelle conservation project in Wales. vwt.org.uk/vacancies-2/

One for Wiltshire Bat Group, here's the excellent work our very own Kelly is doing down under, running 'Build your own bat detector' workshops so citizen scientists can be armed with powerful detection / recording tech at low cost. Brilliant!!

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