Jim Mullholland's guest appearances

Jim Mullholland

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Chris Packham

Gareth Jones

Shirley Thompson

James Shipman

Helen Parr

Angela Mills

Barry Collins

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This week Steve is on the Tortworth Estate in south Gloucestershire with Jim Mullholland. They're joined by a voluntary team of arborists who are assisting Jim with his 5 year project to create natural tree features for Bechstein's and barbastelle bats. By using chainsaws to create different crevices and cavities within living trees, the team hope that they will be taken up by colonies of the two bat species which are present in the woodland Steve is visiting today in this episode. The episode starts on a sunny spring day in an ancient woodland with chiffchaff singing in the canopy overhead. As the episode moves down to where the team are working for the day there's more background noise than you're used to on BatChat because the woodland is right next to the M5 motorway.  Jim Mullholland is on twitter and InstagramJim has a YouTube channel with a number of videos of bats inside tree roosts.The Tortworth Estate opens to the public on certain days of the year. Find out more here.Listen to our other episodes on veteranisation with Jim and Vicky BengtssonA guide to veteranisation techniques is at this link.Competition Time!Children’s authors Angela Mills and Emma Reynolds have kindly donated prizes. Angela has donated a copy of Bobby the brown long-eared bat signed by both Angela and Chris Packham and Emma has donated a copy of her newly released book Amara and the bats (see above episode!). To enter the competition to win one of these brilliant books, all you have to do is write us a review about the show and the two winners will be picked at random at the end of this series. Not all podcast apps allow you to leave reviews, so if you’re an Apple device user, leave us a review on the Apple podcasts app which is already installed on your device. If you’re an Android user, you can leave us a review on the Podcast Addict app and if you don’t listen to the show on a mobile device you can write your review on the Podchaser website. Instructions of how to leave your review in each of these places can be found here. Remember, we need to be able to contact you if you win so when you leave your review, make sure you give us your twitter or Instagram handle in the review. If you don’t use these, drop us an email to comms@bats.org.uk with a copy of your review. We’re only able to post the prizes to addresses in the United Kingdom. Join the conversation on social media using #BatChat:Facebook: Thank you to Wildcare and Wildlife Acoustics for sponsoring the BatChat Podcast in 2021-2022.Quote BATCHAT at the Wildcare checkout to redeem a free gift!Visit wildlifeacoustics.com to learn more. Don't forget to leave us a 5* review on the Apple Podcasts App! It helps other listeners find the show more easily and spread the good word about bats. Don't know how to leave a review? Check out our simple instructions here.Support the show

This week Steve is on the Tortworth Estate in south Gloucestershire with Jim Mullholland. They're joined by a voluntary team of arborists who are assisting Jim with his 5 year project to create natural tree features for Bechstein's and barbastelle bats. By using chainsaws to create different crevices and cavities within living trees, the team hope that they will be taken up by colonies of the two bat species which are present in the woodland Steve is visiting today in this episode. The episode starts on a sunny spring day in an ancient woodland with chiffchaff singing in the canopy overhead. As the episode moves down to where the team are working for the day there's more background noise than you're used to on BatChat because the woodland is right next to the M5 motorway.  <ul><li>Jim Mullholland is on <a href="https://twitter.com/BatsRTS" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/batsrts/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a></li><li>Jim has a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcxgmE0Z3NAW3n1yzTPohpA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube channel with a number of videos</a> of bats inside tree roosts.</li><li>The Tortworth Estate opens to the public on certain days of the year. <a href="https://www.tortworthestate.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Find out more here</a>.</li><li>Listen to our other episodes on veteranisation with <a href="https://batchat.buzzsprout.com/680561/3018013-bats-and-trees-with-jim-mullholland" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jim</a> and <a href="https://batchat.buzzsprout.com/680561/7886809-woodland-symposium" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vicky Bengtsson</a></li><li>A guide to <a href="https://www.trees.org.uk/Trees.org.uk/media/Trees-org.uk/Documents/Conference19/TueAM-3-Vikki-Bengtsson.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">veteranisation techniques is at this link</a>.</li></ul>Competition Time!Children’s authors Angela Mills and Emma Reynolds have kindly donated prizes. Angela has donated a copy of Bobby the brown long-eared bat signed by both Angela and Chris Packham and Emma has donated a copy of her newly released book Amara and the bats (see above episode!). To enter the competition to win one of these brilliant books, all you have to do is write us a review about the show and the two winners will be picked at random at the end of this series. Not all podcast apps allow you to leave reviews, so if you’re an Apple device user, leave us a review on the Apple podcasts app which is already installed on your device. If you’re an Android user, you can leave us a review on the Podcast Addict app and if you don’t listen to the show on a mobile device you can write your review on the Podchaser website. <a href="https://cdn.bats.org.uk/uploads/pdf/Resources/How-to-write-a-podcast-review.pdf?v=1636036647" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instructions of how to leave your review in each of these places can be found here.</a> Remember, we need to be able to contact you if you win so when you leave your review, make sure you give us your twitter or Instagram handle in the review. If you don’t use these, drop us an email to <a href="mailto:comms@bats.org.uk">comms@bats.org.uk</a> with a copy of your review. We’re only able to post the prizes to addresses in the United Kingdom.  Join the conversation on social media using #BatChat:Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BatConservationTrust/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Thank you to Wildcare and Wildlife Acoustics for sponsoring the BatChat Podcast in 2021-2022. Quote BATCHAT at the <a href="https://www.wildcare.co.uk/?utm_source=Referral&amp;utm_medium=Podcast&amp;utm_campaign=Bat+Chat" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wildcare</a> checkout to redeem a free gift! Visit <a href="https://www.wildlifeacoustics.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wildlifeacoustics.com</a> to learn more. Don't forget to leave us a 5* review on the Apple Podcasts App! It helps other listeners find the show more easily and spread the good word about bats. Don't know how to leave a review? Check out <a href="https://cdn.bats.org.uk/uploads/pdf/Resources/How-to-write-a-podcast-review.pdf?v=1636036647" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">our simple instructions here</a>. <a href="https://www.bats.org.uk/donate" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>

Bat conservation in action with Jim Mullholland

Despite a number of our bats using trees as roost sites, we know surprisingly little about how bats use trees. In this episode Steve sits down with veteran tree expert Jim Mullholland from the Arboricultural Association and discusses what we still don't know about the ecology of bats and trees. Jim also touches on a project he's been working on recently using trail cameras as a surveillance technique to help understand this subject.Jim has a YouTube channel with a number of videos of bats inside tree roosts. You can view that channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcxgmE0Z3NAW3n1yzTPohpA To discover more of the bat groups around the UK, head to the bat group pages on the Bat Conservation Trust website: https://www.bats.org.uk/support-bats/bat-groups. Their Facebook page is here: https://www.facebook.com/ManxBatGroup/Join the conversation on social media using #BatChat:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BatConservationTrust/Twitter: https://twitter.com/_BCT_Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/batconservationtrust/For more bat news, head to our website https://www.bats.org.uk/Producer: Steve Roe @SteveRoeBatManCover Art: Rachel Hudson http://rachelhudsonillustration.com/infoThank you to Wildcare and Wildlife Acoustics for sponsoring the BatChat Podcast in 2021-2022.Quote BATCHAT at the Wildcare checkout to redeem a free gift!Visit wildlifeacoustics.com to learn more. Don't forget to leave us a 5* review on the Apple Podcasts App! It helps other listeners find the show more easily and spread the good word about bats. Don't know how to leave a review? Check out our simple instructions here.Support the show

Despite a number of our bats using trees as roost sites, we know surprisingly little about how bats use trees. In this episode Steve sits down with veteran tree expert Jim Mullholland from the Arboricultural Association and discusses what we still don't know about the ecology of bats and trees. Jim also touches on a project he's been working on recently using trail cameras as a surveillance technique to help understand this subject. Jim has a YouTube channel with a number of videos of bats inside tree roosts. You can view that channel here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcxgmE0Z3NAW3n1yzTPohpA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcxgmE0Z3NAW3n1yzTPohpA</a> To discover more of the bat groups around the UK, head to the bat group pages on the Bat Conservation Trust website: <a href="https://www.bats.org.uk/support-bats/bat-groups" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bats.org.uk/support-bats/bat-groups</a>. Their Facebook page is here: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ManxBatGroup/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/ManxBatGroup/</a> Join the conversation on social media using #BatChat: Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BatConservationTrust/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/BatConservationTrust/</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/_BCT_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/_BCT_</a> Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/batconservationtrust/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/batconservationtrust/</a> For more bat news, head to our website <a href="https://www.bats.org.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bats.org.uk/</a> Producer: Steve Roe <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveRoeBatMan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@SteveRoeBatMan</a> Cover Art: Rachel Hudson <a href="http://rachelhudsonillustration.com/info" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://rachelhudsonillustration.com/info</a>Thank you to Wildcare and Wildlife Acoustics for sponsoring the BatChat Podcast in 2021-2022. Quote BATCHAT at the <a href="https://www.wildcare.co.uk/?utm_source=Referral&amp;utm_medium=Podcast&amp;utm_campaign=Bat+Chat" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wildcare</a> checkout to redeem a free gift! Visit <a href="https://www.wildlifeacoustics.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wildlifeacoustics.com</a> to learn more. Don't forget to leave us a 5* review on the Apple Podcasts App! It helps other listeners find the show more easily and spread the good word about bats. Don't know how to leave a review? Check out <a href="https://cdn.bats.org.uk/uploads/pdf/Resources/How-to-write-a-podcast-review.pdf?v=1636036647" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">our simple instructions here</a>. <a href="https://www.bats.org.uk/donate" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>