Hidden amongst the boughs of an Oak tree, Steve &amp; his guests look down over the Knepp Castle Rewilding Estate; former farmland which has been allowed to return to nature by the owners Isabella Tree &amp; Charlie Burrell. In this episode, as the sun sets the light turns golden. Below us red deer begin to bellow at the start of the rutting season, a green woodpecker calls out from amongst the tussocky grassland and bats begin to flit about the Oak canopy they're stood in. Our guests in this final episode of season 3 are Ryan Greaves and Stephanie Murphy. Ryan tells us more about the Estate and Steph explains how bat surveys have evolved over the years.Follow Ryan and Steph on InstagramFollow Knepp on twitter and InstagramFind out more about the greater horseshoes in SussexGet more audio from Knepp by having a listen to their podcastGet the history of the Knepp Rewilding project hereThe bestselling book Wilding by Isabella Tree can be bought hereIt really helps us as a show if you leave us a review because it helps other people discover that we existSeason 4Recording for series 4 is already underway and will be coming later in the year. We're looking for participants to share bat stores from across the UK with the podcast so if you're working on a great bat project or have a story about the bats in your area to share please drop us an email to comms@bats.org.uk Our Social MediaJoin the conversation on social media using #BatChat:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BatConservationTrustTwitter: https://twitter.com/_BCT_Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/batconservationtrustFor more bat news, head to our website https://www.bats.org.uk/Producer: Steve Roe @SteveRoeBatManCover Art: Rachel Hudson http://rachelhudsonillustration.com/Bats are magical but misunderstood mammals. At the Bat Conservation Trust we have a vision of a world rich in wildlife where bats and people thrive together. We know that conservation action to protect and conserve bats is having a positive impact on bat populationsThank 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

Hidden amongst the boughs of an Oak tree, Steve &amp; his guests look down over the Knepp Castle Rewilding Estate; former farmland which has been allowed to return to nature by the owners Isabella Tree &amp; Charlie Burrell. In this episode, as the sun sets the light turns golden. Below us red deer begin to bellow at the start of the rutting season, a green woodpecker calls out from amongst the tussocky grassland and bats begin to flit about the Oak canopy they're stood in. Our guests in this final episode of season 3 are Ryan Greaves and Stephanie Murphy. Ryan tells us more about the Estate and Steph explains how bat surveys have evolved over the years.<ul><li>Follow <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ryan.greaves/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ryan</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/murphy_stephanie/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Steph</a> on Instagram</li><li>Follow Knepp on <a href="https://twitter.com/KneppWilding" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kneppwilding/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a></li><li>Find out more about the <a href="https://www.vwt.org.uk/news/sussex-bat-appeal-we-need-your-help/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">greater horseshoes</a> in Sussex</li><li>Get more audio from Knepp by having a listen to <a href="https://podfollow.com/1516007432" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">their podcast</a></li><li>Get the <a href="https://www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/rewilding-projects/knepp-castle-estate" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">history of the Knepp Rewilding project here</a></li><li>The <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/wilding-the-return-of-nature-to-a-british-farm/9781509805105" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bestselling book Wilding by Isabella Tree</a> can be bought here</li></ul>It really helps us as a show if you <a href="https://cdn.bats.org.uk/uploads/pdf/Resources/How-to-write-a-podcast-review.pdf?v=1636036647" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">leave us a review</a> because it helps other people discover that we exist Season 4Recording for series 4 is already underway and will be coming later in the year. We're looking for participants to share bat stores from across the UK with the podcast so if you're working on a great bat project or have a story about the bats in your area to share please drop us an email to <a href="mailto:comms@bats.org.uk">comms@bats.org.uk</a> Our Social MediaJoin 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/</a> Bats are magical but misunderstood mammals. At the Bat Conservation Trust we have a vision of a world rich in wildlife where bats and people thrive together. We know that conservation action to protect and conserve bats is having a positive impact on bat populationsThank 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>

Knepp Rewilding Estate

Discover the amazing work taking place in the dead of night each year by hoards of volunteers. This episode starts with Steve joining a team of these volunteers who are counting out a brown long-eared bat roost in the Derbyshire Dales at dusk as a nearby rookery gathers. We then sit down in Battersea Park, London with Philip Briggs, monitoring manager for the Bat Conservation Trust who collates all of this data sent in by volunteers and turns it into invaluable trends to establish how our bats are faring year on year in the UK.  The National Bat Monitoring Programme is one of the longest running citizen science projects in the world and YOU, yes YOU can take part! There are surveys which need no prior experience.Get involved with the NBMP yourself hereTake a look at the summary maps for each survey typeWatch footage of the brown long-eared roost being counted out by Jill in this episode here as the bats return at dawnRead the latest NBMP report to see how our bats are faringPlease leave us a review of the show as it helps us get BatChat discovered by other listeners. Instructions of how to leave your review in each of these places can be found here.Competition Time!We're running BatChat's first ever competition this series. Children's authors Angela Mills and Emma Reynolds have kindly donated prizes for our first ever competition! 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 episode 26). 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 appand 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 onlyThank 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

Discover the amazing work taking place in the dead of night each year by hoards of volunteers. This episode starts with Steve joining a team of these volunteers who are counting out a brown long-eared bat roost in the Derbyshire Dales at dusk as a nearby rookery gathers. We then sit down in Battersea Park, London with Philip Briggs, monitoring manager for the Bat Conservation Trust who collates all of this data sent in by volunteers and turns it into invaluable trends to establish how our bats are faring year on year in the UK.  The National Bat Monitoring Programme is one of the longest running citizen science projects in the world and YOU, yes YOU can take part! There are surveys which need no prior experience.<ul><li><a href="https://www.bats.org.uk/our-work/national-bat-monitoring-programme/nbmp-faq/taking-part-in-surveys-nbmp-faq" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Get involved with the NBMP yourself here</a></li><li>Take a look at the <a href="https://www.bats.org.uk/our-work/national-bat-monitoring-programme/survey-and-species-summary-maps" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">summary maps</a> for each survey type</li><li><a href="https://youtu.be/h7RARIrCl0k" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Watch footage of the brown long-eared roost</a> being counted out by Jill in this episode here as the bats return at dawn</li><li>Read <a href="https://www.bats.org.uk/our-work/national-bat-monitoring-programme/reports/nbmp-annual-report" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the latest NBMP report</a> to see how our bats are faring</li><li>Please leave us a review of the show as it helps us get BatChat discovered by other listeners. <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></li></ul>Competition Time!We're running BatChat's first ever competition this series. Children's authors Angela Mills and Emma Reynolds have kindly donated prizes for our first ever competition! 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 episode 26). 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;<ul><li>if you’re an Apple device user, leave us a review on the Apple podcasts app which is already installed on your device. </li><li>if you’re an Android user, you can leave us a review on the Podcast Addict app</li><li>and if you don’t listen to the show on a mobile device you can write your review on the Podchaser website.</li><li><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</li></ul>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>

The National Bat Monitoring Programme

Angela Mills

Join Steve on the Welcombe Hills overlooking Stratford-upon-Avon as he sits down with the author of Bobby the brown long-eared bat, a children's book which follows the adventure of a baby brown long-eared bat who lives in the attic of a farmyard. Sitting in the autumn sunshine on a wooden bench watching the world go by, Angela reveals to Steve where the inspiration for Bobby came from, how she got into the world of bats, the challenges of publishing as well as revealing what's next in store for Bobby!  Angela is on twitter and InstagramFind out more about Bobby the brown long-eared bat on his own website!Get your own signed copy direct from Angela from her online shopor order from here and 10% of the proceeds will be donated to the Bat Conservation TrustSupport your local bookstore by shopping on uk.bookshop.org where you can name your local bookstore to support them whilst you shop.Competition Time!As you heard in this episode, Angela Mills and fellow children's author Emma Reynolds have kindly donated prizes for our first ever competition! 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 episode 26). 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 appand 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: https://www.facebook.com/BatConservationTrustTwitter: https://twitter.com/_BCT_Instagram: https://www.instaThank 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

Join Steve on the Welcombe Hills overlooking Stratford-upon-Avon as he sits down with the author of Bobby the brown long-eared bat, a children's book which follows the adventure of a baby brown long-eared bat who lives in the attic of a farmyard. Sitting in the autumn sunshine on a wooden bench watching the world go by, Angela reveals to Steve where the inspiration for Bobby came from, how she got into the world of bats, the challenges of publishing as well as revealing what's next in store for Bobby!  <ul><li>Angela is on <a href="https://twitter.com/millsangela1?s=21" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/angelamills6516/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a></li><li>Find out more about Bobby the brown long-eared bat on <a href="https://www.bobbythebrownlong-earedbat.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">his own website!</a></li><li>Get your own signed copy direct from Angela from <a href="https://www.bobbythebrownlong-earedbat.co.uk/book.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">her online shop</a></li><li>or <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bobby-Brown-Long-Eared-Bat-Mills/dp/0995477701" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">order from here</a> and 10% of the proceeds will be donated to the Bat Conservation Trust</li><li>Support your local bookstore by shopping on <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">uk.bookshop.org</a> where you can name your local bookstore to support them whilst you shop.</li></ul>Competition Time!As you heard in this episode, Angela Mills and fellow children's author Emma Reynolds have kindly donated prizes for our first ever competition! 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 episode 26). 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;<ul><li>if you’re an Apple device user, leave us a review on the Apple podcasts app which is already installed on your device. </li><li>if you’re an Android user, you can leave us a review on the Podcast Addict app</li><li>and if you don’t listen to the show on a mobile device you can write your review on the Podchaser website.</li><li><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. </li></ul> 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.insta</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>

Angela Mills; Bobby the brown long-eared bat

Jim Mullholland

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

This week Steve is in Surrey at RHS Garden Wisley with Principal Entomologist Dr Andrew Salisbury. Andrew sits down with Steve in the brand new wildlife garden outside their new laboratory building to tell us about the work the RHS do and how we can improve our gardens for wildlife including bats. This week we also have a piece of nature writing by James Gilbert. James creates 'thumbnail' pieces and tweets them out and he's created a longer piece especially for BatChat called "Made with Echoes".RHS Garden Wisley website, twitter and InstagramRHS Plants for Pollinators listAndrew Salisbury is on twitter and Instagram and his RHS profile is hereInfo on how to garden for bats can be found on our websiteJames Gilbert is on twitterMorgan Brind who narrated Made with Echoes is on twitter and InstagramIf you have a piece of nature writing or poetry about bats that you'd like to share with us, drop us an email to comms@bats.org.uk and your piece may end up on the show!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. JoiThank 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 in Surrey at RHS Garden Wisley with Principal Entomologist Dr Andrew Salisbury. Andrew sits down with Steve in the brand new wildlife garden outside their new laboratory building to tell us about the work the RHS do and how we can improve our gardens for wildlife including bats.  This week we also have a piece of nature writing by James Gilbert. James creates 'thumbnail' pieces and tweets them out and he's created a longer piece especially for BatChat called "Made with Echoes".<ul><li><a href="https://www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/wisley" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RHS Garden Wisley</a> website, <a href="https://twitter.com/RHSWisley" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/rhswisley/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a></li><li>RHS <a href="https://www.rhs.org.uk/science/conservation-biodiversity/wildlife/plants-for-pollinators" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Plants for Pollinators</a> list</li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewSalisbur2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andrew Salisbury</a> is on twitter and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/andy_salisbury/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and his <a href="https://www.rhs.org.uk/science/meet-the-team/plant-health-team/andrew-salisbury" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RHS profile is here</a></li><li>Info on how to garden for bats <a href="https://www.bats.org.uk/advice/gardening-for-bats" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">can be found on our website</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/jamesgilbertmr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">James Gilbert</a> is on twitter</li><li>Morgan Brind who narrated Made with Echoes is on <a href="https://twitter.com/Morgan_Brind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/morganbrind/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a></li></ul>If you have a piece of nature writing or poetry about bats that you'd like to share with us, drop us an email to <a href="mailto:comms@bats.org.uk">comms@bats.org.uk</a> and your piece may end up on the show! 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.  JoiThank 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>

Bats at RHS Wisley

This week Steve joins Martyn Cooke outside a holiday cottage in Staffordshire as they set up a matrix of bat detectors to record the sound of Brandt's bats emerging from their roost before flying into the adjacent woodland. Martyn explains why he is recording the calls, why he's travelled all the way from Surrey to record these bats and what the calls will be used for. Steve finds out how an injured serotine bat got Martyn hooked on bats and they talk about the advances in automatic bat call identification.If you're interested in finding out more about bat detectors, your local bat group are likely to be able to lend you a detector and you can learn more about them on our website here.   Listen to our earlier episode from series one about Brandt's in the Churnet valley here.Follow Martyn on twitterBorrow detectors from us to help us grow the call libraryBat Detector InfoLow cost AudioMoth detectors on twitterPlease leave us a review if you can, it helps us to reach a wider audience so that we can spread the word about how great bats are.Competition Time!Two of this series future guests, 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. 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 #BatChatProducer: Steve RoeThank 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 joins Martyn Cooke outside a holiday cottage in Staffordshire as they set up a matrix of bat detectors to record the sound of Brandt's bats emerging from their roost before flying into the adjacent woodland. Martyn explains why he is recording the calls, why he's travelled all the way from Surrey to record these bats and what the calls will be used for. Steve finds out how an injured serotine bat got Martyn hooked on bats and they talk about the advances in automatic bat call identification. If you're interested in finding out more about bat detectors, your <a href="https://www.bats.org.uk/support-bats/bat-groups" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">local bat group</a> are likely to be able to lend you a detector and you can learn more about them on <a href="https://www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/bat-detectors-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">our website here</a>.   <a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/680561/episodes/2752459" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Listen to our earlier episode from series one about Brandt's in the Churnet valley here</a>.<ul><li>Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/MartynCooke4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Martyn on twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://www.bats.org.uk/our-work/national-bat-monitoring-programme/passive-acoustic-surveys/collection-of-bat-reference-calls" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Borrow detectors from us</a> to help us grow the call library</li><li><a href="https://www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/bat-detectors-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bat Detector Info</a></li><li>Low cost <a href="https://twitter.com/AudioMoth" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AudioMoth detectors on twitter</a></li></ul>Please leave us a review if you can, it helps us to reach a wider audience so that we can spread the word about how great bats are.Competition Time!Two of this series future guests, 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. 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 Producer: Steve RoeThank 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>

A bat call library with Martyn Cooke

This week Steve is joined in a Derbyshire churchyard by Jon Russ who is an expert on bat echolocation calls. They discuss how Jon got into studying bat calls, his latest book on the subject and his passion for Nathusius’ pipistrelle bats. Jon's latest book "Bat Calls of Britain and Europe" is available from Pelagic Publishing and is aimed at anyone interested in bat echolocation. It contains introductory chapters to the subject as well as more advanced topics such as sound analysis. As Jon says in this episode if you want to get into learning about bat calls the best place to start is to get hold of a bat detector. Your local bat group are likely to be able to lend you a detector and you can learn more about them on our website here. Jon's other passion is Nathusius' pipistrelles and he runs the website dedicated to this species containing distribution maps, identification tips and other information about their ecology.  Listen to our earlier episode about Nathusius' pipistrelles with Dan Hargreaves here.Bat Calls of Britain and Europe Bat Detector InfoNathusius' pipistrelle websitePlease leave us a review if you can, it helps us to reach a wider audience so that we can spread the word about how great bats are.Competition Time!Two of this series future guests, 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. 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’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 joined in a Derbyshire churchyard by Jon Russ who is an expert on bat echolocation calls. They discuss how Jon got into studying bat calls, his latest book on the subject and his passion for Nathusius’ pipistrelle bats. Jon's latest book "<a href="https://pelagicpublishing.com/products/bat-calls-of-britain-and-europe-russ-pelagic-9781784272258" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bat Calls of Britain and Europe</a>" is available from Pelagic Publishing and is aimed at anyone interested in bat echolocation. It contains introductory chapters to the subject as well as more advanced topics such as sound analysis. As Jon says in this episode if you want to get into learning about bat calls the best place to start is to get hold of a bat detector. Your <a href="https://www.bats.org.uk/support-bats/bat-groups" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">local bat group</a> are likely to be able to lend you a detector and you can learn more about them on <a href="https://www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/bat-detectors-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">our website here</a>. Jon's other passion is Nathusius' pipistrelles and he runs <a href="https://www.nathusius.org.uk/index.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the website</a> dedicated to this species containing distribution maps, identification tips and other information about their ecology.  Listen to our earlier episode about <a href="https://pod.fo/e/11464" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nathusius' pipistrelles with Dan Hargreaves here</a>.<ul><li><a href="https://pelagicpublishing.com/products/bat-calls-of-britain-and-europe-russ-pelagic-9781784272258" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bat Calls of Britain and Europe</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/bat-detectors-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bat Detector Info</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nathusius.org.uk/index.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nathusius' pipistrelle website</a></li></ul>Please leave us a review if you can, it helps us to reach a wider audience so that we can spread the word about how great bats are.Competition Time!Two of this series future guests, 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. 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’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>

Jon Russ

This week Steve is in the Lake District National Park with Ecologist and Chair of south Cumbria Bat Group Rich Flight. Rich published the findings of a study called "Bats with Altitude" in the journal British Island Bats in 2021 and he sits down with Steve to tell us about what inspired the project, what bats were found at over 500m on the mountainsides and how volunteers surveyed for bats in challenging upland conditions.Bats with Altitude paper (page 105) published in British Island Bats where photos of the study sites and maps are availableRich's InstagramRich's twitterSouth Cumbria Bat Group websiteCumberland Bat Group websiteCompetition 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: https://www.facebook.com/BatConservationTrustTwitter: https://twitter.com/_BCT_Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/batconservationtrustFor more bat news, head to our website https://www.bats.org.uk/Producer: Steve Roe @SteveRoeBatManCover Art: Rachel Hudson http://rachelhudsonillustration.com/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 in the Lake District National Park with Ecologist and Chair of south Cumbria Bat Group Rich Flight. Rich published the findings of a study called "Bats with Altitude" in the journal British Island Bats in 2021 and he sits down with Steve to tell us about what inspired the project, what bats were found at over 500m on the mountainsides and how volunteers surveyed for bats in challenging upland conditions.<ul><li><a href="https://cdn.bats.org.uk/uploads/pdf/Resources/Bat-Groups/Accessing-journals/BritishIslandsBats_VolTwo_2021.pdf?v=1625915928" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bats with Altitude</a> paper (page 105) published in British Island Bats where photos of the study sites and maps are available</li><li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/batmanflight/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rich's Instagram</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/batmanflight" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rich's twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://cumbriabats.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">South Cumbria Bat Group</a> website</li><li><a href="https://www.cumberlandbatgroup.org.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cumberland Bat Group</a> website</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">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/</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>

Bats with Altitude - Rich Flight

This week Steve is at Chorlton Water Park Nature Reserve in Manchester with author and illustrator Emma Reynolds. Emma's debut author-illustrator book "Amara and the Bats" was published here in the UK in July 2021 and she sits down with Steve to tell us how the book has been received, what she thinks the future of children's books holds and what it was that inspired her to write a kids book about bats.Emma's websiteAmara and the Bats publisher websiteBuy your books and support your local bookstore using Bookshop.orgEmma's shop (including pin badges, stickers &amp; cards)#KidLit4ClimateEmma's Instagram (where you can watch Bat Club Live on Tuesdays or watch the back-catalogue whenever you like)Emma's twitterCompetition 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: https://www.facebook.com/BatConservationTrustTwitter: https://twitter.com/_BCT_Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/batconservationtrustFor more bat news, head to our website https://www.bats.org.uk/Producer: Steve Roe @SteveRoeBatManThank 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 at Chorlton Water Park Nature Reserve in Manchester with author and illustrator Emma Reynolds. Emma's debut author-illustrator book "Amara and the Bats" was published here in the UK in July 2021 and she sits down with Steve to tell us how the book has been received, what she thinks the future of children's books holds and what it was that inspired her to write a kids book about bats.<ul><li><a href="https://emmareynoldsillustration.com/books" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Emma's website</a></li><li><a href="https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/authors/Emma-Reynolds/156226989" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amara and the Bats</a> publisher website</li><li>Buy your books and support your local bookstore using <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bookshop.org</a></li><li><a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/emmaillustrate" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Emma's shop </a>(including pin badges, stickers &amp; cards)</li><li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/kidlit4climate/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#KidLit4Climate</a></li><li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/emmaillustrate/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Emma's Instagram</a> (where you can watch Bat Club Live on Tuesdays or watch the back-catalogue whenever you like)</li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/emmaillustrate" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Emma's twitter</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">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> 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>

Children's books with Emma Reynolds

This week Steve is on the Norfolk coastline in the East of England visiting Jane Harris from the Norfolk barbastelle study group. Paston Great Barn dates back to 1581. It’s a huge thatched barn made of flint, brick and stone measuring 50 meters in length and about 10 meters wide. Despite it’s size, driving south along the coast road it’s very easy to miss as you pass its end flint wall and not until you glance in your rear view mirror do you get a feel for the expanse of the structure. Hidden away inside this SSSI and SAC is an important roost of rare barbastelle bats which emerge from the barn at night and either head off down the country lanes or to the cliffs along the beach to forage. Jane and Steve discuss the work done by the research group to discover more about barbastelles in Norfolk as well as this important roost where it all started back in 1996.Norfolk barbastelle study group websiteTheir blog siteA historic newsletter with a timeline of events at Paston barnThe British Islands Bats paper than Jane mentionsNorwich Bat Group Social MediaNorfolk Wildlife Trust Social MediaPlease leave us a review if you can, it helps us to reach a wider audience so that we can spread the word about how great bats are.Competition Time!Two of this series future guests, 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. 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. 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 Norfolk coastline in the East of England visiting Jane Harris from the Norfolk barbastelle study group. Paston Great Barn dates back to 1581. It’s a huge thatched barn made of flint, brick and stone measuring 50 meters in length and about 10 meters wide. Despite it’s size, driving south along the coast road it’s very easy to miss as you pass its end flint wall and not until you glance in your rear view mirror do you get a feel for the expanse of the structure. Hidden away inside this SSSI and SAC is an important roost of rare barbastelle bats which emerge from the barn at night and either head off down the country lanes or to the cliffs along the beach to forage. Jane and Steve discuss the work done by the research group to discover more about barbastelles in Norfolk as well as this important roost where it all started back in 1996.<ul><li><a href="https://www.norfolkbarbastelles.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Norfolk barbastelle study group</a> website</li><li>Their <a href="http://norfolkbarbastellestudygroup.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">blog site</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060213113055/http://www.norfolk-bat-group.org.uk/paston_barn_norfolk.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A historic newsletter </a>with a timeline of events at Paston barn</li><li>The <a href="https://cdn.bats.org.uk/uploads/pdf/Resources/Bat-Groups/Accessing-journals/BritishIslandsBats_VolTwo_2021.pdf?v=1625915928" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">British Islands Bats</a> paper than Jane mentions</li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/NorwichBats" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Norwich Bat Group</a> Social Media</li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/NorfolkWT" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Norfolk Wildlife Trust</a> Social Media</li></ul>Please leave us a review if you can, it helps us to reach a wider audience so that we can spread the word about how great bats are.Competition Time!Two of this series future guests, 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. 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.  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>

Barbastelles at Paston Great Barn

Stories from the bat conservation movement. Trustee and ecologist Steve Roe talks to the experts as well as local heroes to bring you the stories from the world of bat conservation. This podcast is for anyone who loves bats or has an interest in bat conservation and the wider bat conservation community. Series 3 is out now with episodes released every second Wednesday from autumn 2021 through to Spring 2022. Series 4 is coming later this year. Bats are magical but misunderstood mammals. At the Bat Conservation Trust we have a vision of a world rich in wildlife where bats and people thrive together.

Gareth Jones

BatChat is back for a third series! Steve is on the roof of the biological sciences building with Professor Gareth Jones where he talks to Steve about just some of the research he has undertaken in his lifetime with bats. They discuss the work famously done to separate the two pipistrelle species back in the 90's, what Gareth gets up to in his spare time and the unusual behaviour found in fruit bat species which won Gareth the Ig Nobel Prize! Please leave us a review if you can, it helps us to reach a wider audience so that we can spread the word about how great bats are.Follow Gareth on twitterFollow the Jones BatLab on twitterGareth's Research ProfileGareth's Photography WebsiteFellatio by fruit bats prolongs copulation timeJoin the conversation on social media using #BatChat:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BatConservationTrustTwitter: https://twitter.com/_BCT_Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/batconservationtrustFor 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

BatChat is back for a third series! Steve is on the roof of the biological sciences building with Professor Gareth Jones where he talks to Steve about just some of the research he has undertaken in his lifetime with bats. They discuss the work famously done to separate the two pipistrelle species back in the 90's, what Gareth gets up to in his spare time and the unusual behaviour found in fruit bat species which won Gareth the Ig Nobel Prize! Please leave us a review if you can, it helps us to reach a wider audience so that we can spread the word about how great bats are.<ul><li>Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/JonesNonwork" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gareth on twitter</a></li><li>Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/JonesLabBris" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the Jones BatLab on twitter</a></li><li>Gareth's <a href="https://www.bristol.ac.uk/people/person/Gareth-Jones-f74078f4-1b56-4e42-afdc-b74b9c0ec3cf/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Research Profile</a></li><li>Gareth's <a href="http://pixelbirds.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photography Website</a></li><li><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/38041514_Fellatio_by_Fruit_Bats_Prolongs_Copulation_Time" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fellatio by fruit bats prolongs copulation time</a></li></ul> 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>

Gareth Jones - A lifetime of research

Hello everyone it’s Steve here from BatChat here to tell you that a brand new series is going to be along on Wednesday. I know it’s been a long wait since the last series but we’ve been working really hard to join our guests out in the field so that you don’t have to listen to any more Zoom calls! So all of our guests this series have been recorded on location. This is just a little teaser, to give you a little heads-up that were coming back with some wonderful guests starting on Wednesday Nov 3rd with the brilliant Professor Gareth Jones. It’s a great episode I think you’re going to really enjoy it. Tell us how much you’re looking forward series 3 on the socials using #BatChat and a taste of what’s coming up in series 3 of BatChat is in this trailer. See you on Wednesday!Support the show (https://www.bats.org.uk/donate)

Hello everyone it’s Steve here from BatChat here to tell you that a brand new series is going to be along on Wednesday. I know it’s been a long wait since the last series but we’ve been working really hard to join our guests out in the field so that you don’t have to listen to any more Zoom calls! So all of our guests this series have been recorded on location. This is just a little teaser, to give you a little heads-up that were coming back with some wonderful guests starting on Wednesday Nov 3rd with the brilliant Professor Gareth Jones. It’s a great episode I think you’re going to really enjoy it. Tell us how much you’re looking forward series 3 on the socials using #BatChat and a taste of what’s coming up in series 3 of BatChat is in this trailer. See you on Wednesday!<a href="https://www.bats.org.uk/donate" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a> (<a href="https://www.bats.org.uk/donate" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bats.org.uk/donate</a>)

We're back with Season 3!

Barry Collins

For the final episode of Series 2 we join Nottinghamshire Bat Group member Barry Collins at a Leicestershire Church where he talks to Steve about the works that were undertaken on the church to restore it whilst retaining the Natterer's bat colony living in the fabric of the building. Barry also discusses the importance of churches in the local community as well as how they're adapting to the 21st century and how he, along with dozens of other bat workers, are working with church communities up and down the country to find a solution to retain bat roosts whilst allowing these buildings at the heart of villages to be regularly used.Become a bat explorer in your local church with the Bats in Churches ProjectFind out more about Barry's workFollow the Leicestershire and Rutland Bat Group on twitterFollow Nottinghamshire Bat Group on twitterFollow Essex Bat Group on twitterRemember we're on the lookout for stories and projects to include in the next series of BatChat so if you have a great story to tell, email comms@bats.org.ukJoin the conversation on social media using #BatChat:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BatConservationTrustTwitter: https://twitter.com/_BCT_Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/batconservationtrustFor 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

For the final episode of Series 2 we join Nottinghamshire Bat Group member Barry Collins at a Leicestershire Church where he talks to Steve about the works that were undertaken on the church to restore it whilst retaining the Natterer's bat colony living in the fabric of the building. Barry also discusses the importance of churches in the local community as well as how they're adapting to the 21st century and how he, along with dozens of other bat workers, are working with church communities up and down the country to find a solution to retain bat roosts whilst allowing these buildings at the heart of villages to be regularly used.<ul><li><a href="https://batsinchurches.org.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Become a bat explorer in your local church</a> with the Bats in Churches Project</li><li>Find out more about <a href="https://www.bjcollins.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Barry's work</a></li><li>Follow the <a href="https://twitter.com/leicsbatgroup" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Leicestershire and Rutland Bat Group on twitter</a></li><li>Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/NottsBatGroup" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nottinghamshire Bat Group on twitter</a></li><li>Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/EssexBatGroup" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Essex Bat Group on twitter</a></li></ul>Remember we're on the lookout for stories and projects to include in the next series of BatChat so if you have a great story to tell, email comms@bats.org.uk 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>

Bats in Churches with Barry Collins

The 2020 Woodland Symposium was hosted by BCT, six years after the inaugural symposium. It bought together landowners, ecologists, bat workers and professionals from the woodland and forestry industry to listen to talks from 15 speakers covering research, knowledge updates and case studies on woodlands and bats. We hear from three of those speakers as well as a couple of the 11 students who had been given a place at the conference by bursaries offered by the Back from the Brink project (check out episode 2 for more on that!).George Fisher talks about the Woodland Wildlife ToolkitVikki Bengtsson on Veteranisation of trees and Vikki also discusses this topic on another podcast "Tree Lady Talks"Rob Coventry discusses Ash DiebackFollow Morgan Hughes on twitterFollow Eleri Kent on twitterJoin 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

The 2020 Woodland Symposium was hosted by BCT, six years after the inaugural symposium. It bought together landowners, ecologists, bat workers and professionals from the woodland and forestry industry to listen to talks from 15 speakers covering research, knowledge updates and case studies on woodlands and bats. We hear from three of those speakers as well as a couple of the 11 students who had been given a place at the conference by bursaries offered by the Back from the Brink project (check out episode 2 for more on that!).<ul><li>George Fisher talks about the <a href="https://woodlandwildlifetoolkit.sylva.org.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Woodland Wildlife Toolkit</a></li><li>Vikki Bengtsson on <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 of trees</a> and Vikki also discusses this topic on another podcast "<a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1230629/5640097-xander-johnston-soundbite" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tree Lady Talks</a>"</li><li>Rob Coventry discusses <a href="https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/search/?s=Ash+dieback" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ash Dieback</a></li><li>Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/TheReremouse" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Morgan Hughes on twitter</a></li><li>Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/EleriLurr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eleri Kent on twitter</a></li></ul> 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>

Woodland Symposium

Chester Zoo is the most visited zoo in the UK with over 2 million visitors a year. It's also a conservation and education charity committed to preventing extinction. The fruit bat forest in the Twilight Zone exhibition is a fantastic visitor experience; Steve joins Dave White, the manager of the Twilight Zone, who explains how it's also used as an insurance population for the endangered Rodrigues fruit bat Pteropus rodricensis which is only found on the island of Rodrigues. Dr Claire Raisin the field programme coordinator for Madagascar and the Mascarenes explains how island-wide bat surveys which started in the mid-1990s are helping Chester monitor the nine main roost sites in Rodrigues. And finally we meet Helen Bradshaw the Estate Ecologist who amongst her many roles manages the native bat species roosts across the 250 hectare Estate opened in 1931 by George Mottershead.Find out more about the project at Chester:Fruit Bat ForestStories to Save Species in RodriguesMauritian Wildlife Foundation and their Facebook PageFollow Dr Claire Raisin and Helen Bradshaw on twitterFind out more about the Nature Reserve at Chester ZooJoin 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

Chester Zoo is the most visited zoo in the UK with over 2 million visitors a year. It's also a conservation and education charity committed to preventing extinction. The fruit bat forest in the Twilight Zone exhibition is a fantastic visitor experience; Steve joins Dave White, the manager of the Twilight Zone, who explains how it's also used as an insurance population for the endangered Rodrigues fruit bat Pteropus rodricensis which is only found on the island of Rodrigues. Dr Claire Raisin the field programme coordinator for Madagascar and the Mascarenes explains how island-wide bat surveys which started in the mid-1990s are helping Chester monitor the nine main roost sites in Rodrigues. And finally we meet Helen Bradshaw the Estate Ecologist who amongst her many roles manages the native bat species roosts across the 250 hectare Estate opened in 1931 by George Mottershead. Find out more about the project at Chester:<ul><li><a href="https://www.chesterzoo.org/what-we-do/our-projects/mauritius-fruit-bat-project/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fruit Bat Forest</a></li><li><a href="https://www.chesterzoo.org/news/stories-to-save-species-in-rodrigues/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stories to Save Species in Rodrigues</a></li><li><a href="https://www.mauritian-wildlife.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mauritian Wildlife Foundation</a> and their <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MauritianWildlife/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Page</a></li><li>Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/ClaireRaisin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr Claire Raisin</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/helslacy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Helen Bradshaw</a> on twitter</li><li>Find out more about the <a href="https://www.chesterzoo.org/news/celebrating-chester-zoos-nature-reserve-expansion/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nature Reserve at Chester Zoo</a></li></ul> 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>

Chester Zoo - Twilight Zone

Steve joins Helen Ball and other members of Staffordshire Bat Group as they undertake a winter hibernation survey for the National Bat Monitoring Programme (NBMP). Recorded in February 2020 in the Staffordshire Peak District, they undertake the latest survey of disused lead mines searching for bats deep in torpor.Helen reveals what it's like to undertake the survey (it's a VERY steep hillside!) and what sort of things you're likely to find in old mine adits. Apart from the bats - lots of bats - there's other wildlife down there too and the surveys have revealed just how important the site is for the bats of the Peak District.Find out more about Staffordshire Bat Group:https://www.staffsbats.co.uk/@staffsbats@derbyshirebatsThe NBMP hibernation surveys: https://www.bats.org.uk/our-work/national-bat-monitoring-programmeThe Big Bat Skills Event Online is back this February - Book Now!https://www.bats.org.uk/events/big-bat-skills-event-onlineJoin 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

Steve joins Helen Ball and other members of Staffordshire Bat Group as they undertake a winter hibernation survey for the National Bat Monitoring Programme (NBMP). Recorded in February 2020 in the Staffordshire Peak District, they undertake the latest survey of disused lead mines searching for bats deep in torpor. Helen reveals what it's like to undertake the survey (it's a VERY steep hillside!) and what sort of things you're likely to find in old mine adits. Apart from the bats - lots of bats - there's other wildlife down there too and the surveys have revealed just how important the site is for the bats of the Peak District. Find out more about Staffordshire Bat Group:<ul><li><a href="https://www.batcon.org/our-work/research-and-scalable-solutions/white-nose-syndrome/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.staffsbats.co.uk/</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/staffsbats" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@staffsbats</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/derbyshirebats" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@derbyshirebats</a></li></ul>The NBMP hibernation surveys: <a href="https://www.bats.org.uk/our-work/national-bat-monitoring-programme" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bats.org.uk/our-work/national-bat-monitoring-programme</a>The Big Bat Skills Event Online is back this February - Book Now! <a href="https://www.bats.org.uk/events/big-bat-skills-event-online" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bats.org.uk/events/big-bat-skills-event-online</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>

Going Underground on a Hibernation Survey

The Bat Conservation Trust is a small conservation charity but undertakes a vast amount of work in their aim to conserve bats. During the runup to Christmas, Steve spoke with their Chief Executive Officer, Kit Stoner, to find out what it's like to run a small but busy charity, the current challenges and whether she manages to get out and do bat work in her spare time after work! Follow Kit on twitterFind out more about the upcoming British Bat SurveyDiscover the work we doJoin the podcast 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

The Bat Conservation Trust is a small conservation charity but undertakes a vast amount of work in their aim to conserve bats. During the runup to Christmas, Steve spoke with their Chief Executive Officer, Kit Stoner, to find out what it's like to run a small but busy charity, the current challenges and whether she manages to get out and do bat work in her spare time after work! <ul><li>Follow Kit on <a href="https://twitter.com/KitStoner" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter</a></li><li>Find out more about the upcoming <a href="https://www.bats.org.uk/our-work/national-bat-monitoring-programme/british-bat-survey" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">British Bat Survey</a></li><li>Discover <a href="https://www.bats.org.uk/our-work" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the work we do</a></li></ul>Join the podcast 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>

Our CEO, Kit Stoner

In November 2019 before the word Coronavirus had become all-too familiar, the Scottish Bat Conference was taking place in Perth. In this episode Steve speaks to Liz Ferrell BCT's Scottish bat officer, Sue Swift who published the authoritative work on long-eared bats and Tracey Jolliffe who has an interest in zoonotic diseases and discusses bats and rabies. Book your place at the 2021 Scottish Bat Conference hereFind your local Scottish bat group hereFollow Liz Ferrell on twitterFollow Tracey Jolliffe on twitterBrowse second-hand copies of Sue's monograph on long-eared bats hereTell us what your favourite encounter with long-eared bats has been online by using #BatChatJoin the podcast 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

In November 2019 before the word Coronavirus had become all-too familiar, the Scottish Bat Conference was taking place in Perth. In this episode Steve speaks to Liz Ferrell BCT's Scottish bat officer, Sue Swift who published the authoritative work on long-eared bats and Tracey Jolliffe who has an interest in zoonotic diseases and discusses bats and rabies.  <ul><li><a href="https://www.bats.org.uk/our-work/conferences-symposia/scottish-bat-conferences/scottish-bat-workers-conference" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Book your place at the 2021 Scottish Bat Conference here</a></li><li>Find your local <a href="https://www.bats.org.uk/support-bats/bat-groups/scotland" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scottish bat group here</a></li><li>Follow Liz Ferrell on <a href="https://twitter.com/BCT_Scotland" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter</a></li><li>Follow Tracey Jolliffe on <a href="https://twitter.com/The_BatNurse" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter</a></li><li>Browse second-hand copies of Sue's monograph on <a href="https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/SearchResults?cm_sp=SearchF-_-topnav-_-Results&amp;ds=20&amp;kn=long-eared%20bats%20poyser&amp;sts=t" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">long-eared bats here</a></li></ul>Tell us what your favourite encounter with long-eared bats has been online by using #BatChatJoin the podcast 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>

Sue Swift & friends at the Scottish Bat Conference

Helen Parr

The weather has certainly got chilly in the last few days, but back in late October, it was still mild and Steve visited a bat colony which was still in residence in its summer roost. He meets up with Helen Parr, community engagement officer for the Devon Greater Horseshoe Bat Project. They discuss how the project has been received by the community over the last five years and what achievements its had whilst wandering around the countryside of the south-west, visiting the habitats that the largest Greater Horseshoe bat colony in western Europe relies on to thrive.So tune in and discover how this National Lottery Heritage Fund project has been giving a helping, er...wing, to the Greater Horseshoes of Devon.Loads of info about the project, including live cameras, here: http://devonbatproject.org/ Their twitter, Facebook and YouTube channelsDevon Bat GroupVincent Wildlife TrustJoin the podcast 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

The weather has certainly got chilly in the last few days, but back in late October, it was still mild and Steve visited a bat colony which was still in residence in its summer roost. He meets up with Helen Parr, community engagement officer for the Devon Greater Horseshoe Bat Project. They discuss how the project has been received by the community over the last five years and what achievements its had whilst wandering around the countryside of the south-west, visiting the habitats that the largest Greater Horseshoe bat colony in western Europe relies on to thrive. So tune in and discover how this National Lottery Heritage Fund project has been giving a helping, er...wing, to the Greater Horseshoes of Devon. <ul><li>Loads of info about the project, including live cameras, here: <a href="http://devonbatproject.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://devonbatproject.org/</a> </li><li>Their <a href="https://twitter.com/devonbatproject" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/devonbatproject" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFBLgN9dJFwU9qF_Ju8QAAg/playlists" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube</a> channels</li><li><a href="https://devonbatgroup.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Devon Bat Group</a></li><li><a href="https://www.vwt.org.uk/greater-and-lesser-horseshoe-bats-and-other-bats/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vincent Wildlife Trust</a></li></ul> Join the podcast 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>

Devon Greater Horseshoe Bat Project with Helen Parr

Winifred is the Chief Scientist at Bat Conservation International as well as an associate research professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz.In this episode, Steve finds out about the discovery Winifred made about the ecology of Pallid bats whilst undertaking her PhD out in the deserts and chats to her about her work as a key scientist in the efforts to research the effects of White-Nose Syndrome, informing long-term management actions.The two WNS websites Winifred mentions:https://www.batcon.org/our-work/research-and-scalable-solutions/white-nose-syndrome/https://www.whitenosesyndrome.org/Follow Dr Frick on twitter: @FrickWinifredJoin 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

Winifred is the Chief Scientist at <a href="https://www.batcon.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bat Conservation International</a> as well as an associate research professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. In this episode, Steve finds out about the discovery Winifred made about the ecology of Pallid bats whilst undertaking her PhD out in the deserts and chats to her about her work as a key scientist in the efforts to research the effects of White-Nose Syndrome, informing long-term management actions. The two WNS websites Winifred mentions:<ul><li><a href="https://www.batcon.org/our-work/research-and-scalable-solutions/white-nose-syndrome/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.batcon.org/our-work/research-and-scalable-solutions/white-nose-syndrome/</a></li><li><a href="https://www.whitenosesyndrome.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.whitenosesyndrome.org/</a></li></ul>Follow Dr Frick on twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/frickwinifred?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@FrickWinifred</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>

Dr Winifred Frick - Bat Conservation International

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Episode 3 was recorded in the Gloucestershire countryside at Woodchester Mansion. The Grade I listed Victorian mansion near Stroud, which was abandoned during construction in the 1850s, has colonies of rare greater and lesser horseshoe bats, as well as pipistrelles and small numbers of brown long-eared and serotine bats.The colony of greater horseshoe bats at the gothic manor house has been studied by Dr Roger Ransome and is thought to be the longest continuous study of a mammal by a single individual anywhere in the world.Woodchester Mansion also offers sell-out evening bat walks in the summer, when the creatures can be seen flying out of the building at dusk to feed. Visit their website which lets you know the best time to visit the bats and details of any bat walks: https://www.woodchestermansion.org.uk/Make sure you're subscribed so you never miss an episode and let us know if you enjoyed the episode 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 @SteveRoeBatMan Cover 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

Episode 3 was recorded in the Gloucestershire countryside at Woodchester Mansion. The Grade I listed Victorian mansion near Stroud, which was abandoned during construction in the 1850s, has colonies of rare greater and lesser horseshoe bats, as well as pipistrelles and small numbers of brown long-eared and serotine bats.The colony of greater horseshoe bats at the gothic manor house has been studied by Dr Roger Ransome and is thought to be the longest continuous study of a mammal by a single individual anywhere in the world.Woodchester Mansion also offers sell-out evening bat walks in the summer, when the creatures can be seen flying out of the building at dusk to feed. Visit their website which lets you know the best time to visit the bats and details of any bat walks: <a href="https://www.woodchestermansion.org.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.woodchestermansion.org.uk/</a>Make sure you're subscribed so you never miss an episode and let us know if you enjoyed the episode 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>

Woodchester Mansion

In our fourth episode, Steve joins bat legend Daniel Hargreaves on an autumnal evening in Rye Harbour Nature Reserve on the coastal boundary of Sussex and Kent in the search of Nathusius’ pipistrelle. Dan gives us an insight into the ecology of this migratory species and what discoveries the National Nathusius’ pipistrelle project has had to date in its five year history. Dan is also responsible for setting up the successful ‘TriniBats’ project and describes how that project came about.The National Nathusius’ pipistrelle project was launched in 2014 with a grant from the People's Trust for Endangered Species, to improve our understanding of the ecology, current status and conservation threats for Nathusius' pipistrelles in Great Britain.To find out more about the project, including migration maps of individual bats caught discussed in the episode, visit https://www.bats.org.uk/our-work/national-bat-monitoring-programme/surveys/national-nathusius-pipistrelle-survey Make sure you're subscribed so you never miss an episode and let us know if you enjoyed the episode 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 @SteveRoeBatMan Cover Art: Rachel Hudson http://rachelhudsonillustration.com/info 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

In our fourth episode, Steve joins bat legend Daniel Hargreaves on an autumnal evening in Rye Harbour Nature Reserve on the coastal boundary of Sussex and Kent in the search of Nathusius’ pipistrelle. Dan gives us an insight into the ecology of this migratory species and what discoveries the National Nathusius’ pipistrelle project has had to date in its five year history. Dan is also responsible for setting up the successful ‘TriniBats’ project and describes how that project came about.The National Nathusius’ pipistrelle project was launched in 2014 with a grant from the People's Trust for Endangered Species, to improve our understanding of the ecology, current status and conservation threats for Nathusius' pipistrelles in Great Britain.To find out more about the project, including migration maps of individual bats caught discussed in the episode, visit <a href="https://www.bats.org.uk/our-work/national-bat-monitoring-programme/surveys/national-nathusius-pipistrelle-survey" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bats.org.uk/our-work/national-bat-monitoring-programme/surveys/national-nathusius-pipistrelle-survey</a> Make sure you're subscribed so you never miss an episode and let us know if you enjoyed the episode 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>

Nathusius' Enthusiasts

Episode five was recorded in May at the Wales Bat Worker’s weekend. The weekend brings together bat workers from across Wales and further afield and Steve speaks to four of them in this episode.Naomi Webster the is the Training &amp; Conferences manager at BCT and gives an insight into what happens at a BCT event.Steve Lucas is the Wales Bat Officer and Species Legislation &amp; Policy Specialist. He talks about bat work in Wales and what Brexit might mean for bat conservation.Denise Foster has recently moved to Wales and is now heading up the Wales element of the National Nathusius Pipistrelle Project (see episode 4 for more on that!).Jean Matthews sits on BCT’s Board of Trustees and talks to Steve about her work with bats over the years and what sort of things Gwynedd Bat Group gets up to.To find out more about the Wales Bat Worker’s Weekend, visit https://www.bats.org.uk/our-work/conferences-symposia/welsh-bat-conferences/wales-bat-workers-weekend For more details about the events that the Bat Conservation Trust is putting on this year, just head to https://www.bats.org.uk/eventsMake sure you're subscribed so you never miss an episode and let us know if you enjoyed the episode 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 @SteveRoeBatMan Cover 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

Episode five was recorded in May at the Wales Bat Worker’s weekend. The weekend brings together bat workers from across Wales and further afield and Steve speaks to four of them in this episode.Naomi Webster the is the Training &amp; Conferences manager at BCT and gives an insight into what happens at a BCT event.Steve Lucas is the Wales Bat Officer and Species Legislation &amp; Policy Specialist. He talks about bat work in Wales and what Brexit might mean for bat conservation.Denise Foster has recently moved to Wales and is now heading up the Wales element of the National Nathusius Pipistrelle Project (see episode 4 for more on that!).Jean Matthews sits on BCT’s Board of Trustees and talks to Steve about her work with bats over the years and what sort of things Gwynedd Bat Group gets up to.To find out more about the Wales Bat Worker’s Weekend, visit <a href="https://www.bats.org.uk/our-work/conferences-symposia/welsh-bat-conferences/wales-bat-workers-weekend" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bats.org.uk/our-work/conferences-symposia/welsh-bat-conferences/wales-bat-workers-weekend</a> For more details about the events that the Bat Conservation Trust is putting on this year, just head to <a href="https://www.bats.org.uk/events" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bats.org.uk/events</a>Make sure you're subscribed so you never miss an episode and let us know if you enjoyed the episode 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>

A Wonderful Weekend in Wales

This is the first of a two-part special recorded at the Natural History Museum, South Kensington, London.In this first half Steve Roe talks with Steph West who is the Biodiversity Training Manager at the Museum based within the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity.Steph discusses the need to train the next generation of natural historians using the Museum's scientists to decant their knowledge as well as some of the bat surveys she gets to undertake on the Museum's Estates and why she loves the nocturnal world so much.Becoming interested in bats at the age of 12, Steph has worked in various aspects of ecology before her role at the Museum including work as an ecological consultant.Acutely aware of the shift in conservation science, Steph also touches on how the NHM is changing to keep itself relevant in today's world.You can find out more about the Angela Marmont Centre which is available for use by the public wanting to improve their identification skills here: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/take-part/centre-for-uk-biodiversity.htmlGive them a follow on twitter here: https://twitter.com/NHM_IDFor info on the Wildlife Garden at the Museum, head here: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/galleries-and-museum-map/wildlife-garden.html Make sure you're subscribed so you never miss an episode and let us know if you enjoyed the episode 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

This is the first of a two-part special recorded at the Natural History Museum, South Kensington, London. In this first half Steve Roe talks with Steph West who is the Biodiversity Training Manager at the Museum based within the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity. Steph discusses the need to train the next generation of natural historians using the Museum's scientists to decant their knowledge as well as some of the bat surveys she gets to undertake on the Museum's Estates and why she loves the nocturnal world so much. Becoming interested in bats at the age of 12, Steph has worked in various aspects of ecology before her role at the Museum including work as an ecological consultant. Acutely aware of the shift in conservation science, Steph also touches on how the NHM is changing to keep itself relevant in today's world. You can find out more about the Angela Marmont Centre which is available for use by the public wanting to improve their identification skills here: <a href="https://www.nhm.ac.uk/take-part/centre-for-uk-biodiversity.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.nhm.ac.uk/take-part/centre-for-uk-biodiversity.html</a> Give them a follow on twitter here: <a href="https://twitter.com/NHM_ID" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/NHM_ID</a> For info on the Wildlife Garden at the Museum, head here: <a href="https://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/galleries-and-museum-map/wildlife-garden.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/galleries-and-museum-map/wildlife-garden.html</a> Make sure you're subscribed so you never miss an episode and let us know if you enjoyed the episode 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>

Natural History Museum - Steph West

This week we have two guests on the show. Hannah Van Hesteren is one of the Helpline Managers at the Bat Conservation Trust. She talks to Steve about the vital work the Helpline does each summer when it takes hundreds of calls each day from members of the public who have found an injured or grounded bat.Gail Armstrong was the recipient of the Pete Guest Award in 2019 for her outstanding practical contribution to bat conservation. Over the last 25 years, Gail estimates she's cared for 800 bats to date in North Lancashire. She discusses what it is about bat care that's so important to their conservation.To support the Helpline, head to their JustGiving page: https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/BatHelplineNeedsYouBats are magical but misunderstood mammals. At the Bat Conservation Trust we have a vision of a world rich in wildlife where bats and people thrive together. We know that conservation action to protect and conserve bats is having a positive impact on bat populations in the UK. We would not be able to continue our work to protect bats and their habitats without your contribution so if you can please donate. We need your support now more than ever. To donate please go to: www.bats.org.uk/donate  Thank you!If you've got a great bat project or story to tell that you think other listeners would love to hear, drop us an email at comms@bats.org.ukMake sure you're subscribed so you never miss an episode and let us know if you enjoyed the episode 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

This week we have two guests on the show. Hannah Van Hesteren is one of the Helpline Managers at the Bat Conservation Trust. She talks to Steve about the vital work the Helpline does each summer when it takes hundreds of calls each day from members of the public who have found an injured or grounded bat. Gail Armstrong was the recipient of the Pete Guest Award in 2019 for her outstanding practical contribution to bat conservation. Over the last 25 years, Gail estimates she's cared for 800 bats to date in North Lancashire. She discusses what it is about bat care that's so important to their conservation. To support the Helpline, head to their JustGiving page: <a href="https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/BatHelplineNeedsYou" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/BatHelplineNeedsYou</a> Bats are magical but misunderstood mammals. At the Bat Conservation Trust we have a vision of a world rich in wildlife where bats and people thrive together. We know that conservation action to protect and conserve bats is having a positive impact on bat populations in the UK. We would not be able to continue our work to protect bats and their habitats without your contribution so if you can please donate. We need your support now more than ever. To donate please go to: <a href="http://www.bats.org.uk/donate" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.bats.org.uk/donate</a>  Thank you! If you've got a great bat project or story to tell that you think other listeners would love to hear, drop us an email at comms@bats.org.uk Make sure you're subscribed so you never miss an episode and let us know if you enjoyed the episode 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>

Bat Care

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>

Bats and Trees with Jim Mullholland

The British Isles have a large number of islands around its coasts and some of these have bat groups. In this episode Steve discusses the challenges of being an isolated voluntary group with Carol Williams who is  the secretary of the Isles of Scilly Bat Group and with Ani Binet who until recently was a resident on Jersey in the Channel Islands and an active member of the Jersey Bat Group. There is also some news hot off the press from the Isle of Man Bat Group. You can read more about the exciting news at our press release here: https://www.bats.org.uk/news/2020/02/lesser-horseshoe-bat-found-in-the-isle-of-manTo 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

The British Isles have a large number of islands around its coasts and some of these have bat groups. In this episode Steve discusses the challenges of being an isolated voluntary group with Carol Williams who is  the secretary of the <a href="https://www.ios-wildlifetrust.org.uk/isles-of-scilly-bat-group" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Isles of Scilly Bat Group</a> and with Ani Binet who until recently was a resident on Jersey in the Channel Islands and an active member of the <a href="https://www.jerseybatgroup.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jersey Bat Group</a>. There is also some news hot off the press from the <a href="https://manxbatgroup.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Isle of Man Bat Group</a>. You can read more about the exciting news at our press release here: <a href="https://www.bats.org.uk/news/2020/02/lesser-horseshoe-bat-found-in-the-isle-of-man" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bats.org.uk/news/2020/02/lesser-horseshoe-bat-found-in-the-isle-of-man</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>

Life as an Island Bat Group

Steve heads to the Churnet valley in north Staffordshire to join Staffordshire Bat Group members Helen Ball and David Nixon for the day. Helen explains how a colony of Brandt's bats in one of their bat box schemes (started by the Vincent Wildlife Trust) have become one of the main study subjects in their small Myotis bat project which is taking place across the Churnet valley. In the evening, Dave explains the aims of the advanced bat survey techniques they're using out in the field to help with the study and discusses an interesting finding they've made where there appears to be no overlap between any Brandt's and Natterer's colonies within the valley woodlands.If you're interested in finding out more about the bat work taking place in the Midlands region, the biennial Midlands Regional Bat Conference is taking place on Saturday 28th March 2020, more info and booking here: https://www.bats.org.uk/our-work/conferences-symposia/english-regional-bat-conferences/midlands-bat-conferenceTake a look at the Staffordshire Bat Group website: http://www.staffordshirebats.btck.co.uk/To find YOUR local bat group: https://www.bats.org.uk/support-bats/bat-groupsMake sure you're subscribed so you never miss an episode and let us know if you enjoyed the episode 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

Steve heads to the Churnet valley in north Staffordshire to join Staffordshire Bat Group members Helen Ball and David Nixon for the day. Helen explains how a colony of Brandt's bats in one of their bat box schemes (started by the Vincent Wildlife Trust) have become one of the main study subjects in their small Myotis bat project which is taking place across the Churnet valley. In the evening, Dave explains the aims of the advanced bat survey techniques they're using out in the field to help with the study and discusses an interesting finding they've made where there appears to be no overlap between any Brandt's and Natterer's colonies within the valley woodlands. If you're interested in finding out more about the bat work taking place in the Midlands region, the biennial Midlands Regional Bat Conference is taking place on Saturday 28th March 2020, more info and booking here: <a href="https://www.bats.org.uk/our-work/conferences-symposia/english-regional-bat-conferences/midlands-bat-conference" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bats.org.uk/our-work/conferences-symposia/english-regional-bat-conferences/midlands-bat-conference</a> Take a look at the Staffordshire Bat Group website: <a href="http://www.staffordshirebats.btck.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.staffordshirebats.btck.co.uk/</a> To find YOUR local bat group: <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>Make sure you're subscribed so you never miss an episode and let us know if you enjoyed the episode 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>

A Churnet Chiroptera Conundrum

James Shipman

James has been involved in bat conservation since 2010 and has been involved in a variety of projects in that time including setting up Gib-Bats (the Gibraltar Bats Project) in 2013. In 2016 he was awarded the Bat Conservation Trust's Pete Guest Award for making an outstanding practical contribution to bat conservation. In this episode Steve joins James at a bat box check event just outside of Greenham Common in Newbury Berkshire before driving over to Bath to undertake some evening bat work! Take a look at the Gib-Bats website: https://www.gibmuseum.gi/our-work/gib-batsTo find YOUR local bat group: https://www.bats.org.uk/support-bats/bat-groupsMake sure you're subscribed so you never miss an episode and let us know if you enjoyed the episode 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

James has been involved in bat conservation since 2010 and has been involved in a variety of projects in that time including setting up <a href="https://www.gibmuseum.gi/our-work/gib-bats" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gib-Bats</a> (the Gibraltar Bats Project) in 2013. In 2016 he was awarded the Bat Conservation Trust's Pete Guest Award for making an outstanding practical contribution to bat conservation. In this episode Steve joins James at a bat box check event just outside of Greenham Common in Newbury Berkshire before driving over to Bath to undertake some evening bat work! Take a look at the Gib-Bats website: <a href="https://www.gibmuseum.gi/our-work/gib-bats" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.gibmuseum.gi/our-work/gib-bats</a> To find YOUR local bat group: <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>Make sure you're subscribed so you never miss an episode and let us know if you enjoyed the episode 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>

This is the second installment of a two-part special recorded at the Natural History Museum, South Kensington, London.This time Steve Roe talks with Roberto Portela Miguez who is the senior curator in charge of mammals at the Museum.Roberto tells the tale of how he and colleagues discovered that a bat preserved in a jar of alcohol which had sat on a shelf in the collections for 30 years was actually a new species to science. He also discusses what role the vast Chiroptera collection at the Museum still has for conservation in today's world.You can read the original Natural History Museum article here: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2015/october/new-bat-species-found-in-museum-collection.html Make sure you're subscribed so you never miss an episode and let us know if you enjoyed the episode 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

This is the second installment of a two-part special recorded at the Natural History Museum, South Kensington, London. This time Steve Roe talks with Roberto Portela Miguez who is the senior curator in charge of mammals at the Museum. Roberto tells the tale of how he and colleagues discovered that a bat preserved in a jar of alcohol which had sat on a shelf in the collections for 30 years was actually a new species to science. He also discusses what role the vast Chiroptera collection at the Museum still has for conservation in today's world. You can read the original Natural History Museum article here: <a href="https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2015/october/new-bat-species-found-in-museum-collection.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2015/october/new-bat-species-found-in-museum-collection.html</a> Make sure you're subscribed so you never miss an episode and let us know if you enjoyed the episode 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>

Natural History Museum - Roberto Portela Miguez

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