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🦇We are deeply concerned by the government’s latest rhetoric, which wrongly blames bats for slowing house building and infrastructure projects. Better planning needs real solutions, not blame games. BCT's thoughts on this here: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/03... #bats #planning

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Now that is wholesome content right there! Just look at that little face 😍

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Welcome home you furry little wonders!

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🦇Last chance to book your in-person tickets for the South East of England Bat Conference! Booking deadline for in-person tickets is TOMORROW, 7 March. Book today: buff.ly/lb95i9O This is an excellent opportunity for volunteer and professional bat workers in the South East to spend time together

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#Beavers are good for #bats - statistically significant results for multiple bat species from @jackhooker.bsky.social research 🦇❤️🦫 #ScotBatConf

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Finally! A good news story for once. Beavers are truly fantastic creatures and their reintroduction across the UK will do untold wonders for biodiversity (including 🦇) and holding up floodwaters. Once you see a UK beaver modified landscape, you will understand what was taken from us!

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🦇Did you know there is a rainforest in the UK? 😲 On the 28 Feb, Elliot, Project Officer for our Gobaith Coetir/ Woodland Hope project, is leading a FREE child-friendly guided walk exploring the fascinating lives of bats in the Celtic Rainforest! To book your place, email [email protected].

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🦇 Please nominate us to receive £5,000! The more nominations we get, the more chances we have of winning this much needed donation for #bats! Deadline to nominate is 23 Feb! All our info is already filled out so all you have to do is click on the image and add your details Please share widely.

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In the face of climate change, the value of woodlands is going to continue to grow. On 27th Feb Simeon Johnson @batconservation.bsky.social joins us to explore how bats use woodlands, Bechstein’s bat ecology & the goals of the “Connecting People & Landscapes in a changing climate” (CPL)” project.

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Our favorite bat-inspired looks from the GRAMMYs pt 2! Who is your favorite? 🦇 💅🏽

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Our favorite bat-inspired looks from the GRAMMYs! Who is your favorite? 🦇 💅🏽

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We’re looking for photos of Triaenops persicus for our #Bat1K 21 Family Publication! 🦇 If you have any or know someone who does, let us know! 🙌 Of course, full credit will be given to the owner. Drop us a message or tag someone who might help! 📨

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🦇The Swansea Bay Stars of the Night project is shinning a light on the lesser horseshoe #bat. #Wales holds 61% of the UK population of this species, many of which call the Gower region their home. Join #NaturAmByth in an exciting event to learn more about this species! See image for more info

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This would be truly heart breaking! 💔

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A very interesting read 🦇 As someone who has only ever used acoustic lures, the thought of olfactory lures is very intriguing. There is still so much we don't know about the sensory world of bats!

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More fantastic work sequencing 🦇 genomes from the Bat1K Team!

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The many uses of 🦇💩 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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🦇 (1/2) In response to the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s speech today: we believe that blaming the laws that protect bats, newts and other wildlife, as well as our wider environment, for planning delays is short sighted and misguided.

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A definite must watch! ❤️🦇

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Online tickets for BritBats 2025 are available until 5pm on Thursday 23rd Jan! 🦇 Why not grab a last-minute spot? We have a fantastic programme of speakers, posters, competitions - plus a dedicated conference app 📱 More info at www.britbats.com

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🦇 Is this our youngest fundraiser ever? 🥰 Rona Gordon, a 7 year-old keen cyclist, is hoping to raise funds for bats by completing a challenge to cycle 100km in The Netherlands! Read more and donate here: www.justgiving.com/page/rona100...

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🦇 Our e-learning course ‘Introduction to #Bats and #ArtificialLighting’ is essential for anyone working in ecology or the build environment sector who needs to understand the impact of artificial lighting on bats and is starting out on this journey: buff.ly/3U5Kftn #ALAN

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🦇Last paper by #TeamChiro is out! 90% of wind turbines approved in France are placed in areas critical for #bats, highlighting a failure to assess biodiversity significance. In this paper, we propose a modeling framework to promote a more biodiversity-friendly approach to renewable energy planning

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Just when we thought we couldn’t love #bats any more, there’s this: storm-surfing bats! 🦇😀❤️New research shows migrating bats hitch rides on stormy tailwinds to save energy, covering hundreds of kms in a single night! 🦇 @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @unikonstanz.bsky.social

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BCT are holding a webinar to outline the content of their new guidance on Bats and Large-Scale Housing Maintenance Projects, which will be held on 27th February at 10am – tickets can be found at www.bats.org.uk/news/2024/12... #batconservationtrust

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🦇 on the front cover! Couldn't not repost. It is a great study also! Link in thread

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Bat-talks is now available on learn.bats - enjoy a front row seat at talks from conferences you couldn't attend over the last year: learn.bats.org.uk/courses/bat-... . More talks will be added during the year after conferences so the library of talks will evolve over time

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We are lucky enough to have 18 species of bat in the UK, 17 of which are known to be breeding here - that's almost a quarter of our mammal species. Find out more about them here: www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/w...

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Bat Bluesky - Need your help! 🦇 - Nagel, A. & Nagel, R. (1994). Activity of hibernating bats in their natural habitat recorded by automatic data logging. - Nagel, A. & Nagel, R. (1997). Utilization of an underground roost by the lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros). (1/2)

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Congratulations to Dr Roger Ransome who has been awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) for ‘Services to Bat Conservation’! He has been studying bats for nearly 70 years! #NewYearHonoursList #BatConservation

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New Year, new episode of our #BatChat #podcast! In this episode, Steve Roe ventured into the ancient Pengelli Forest in Pembrokeshire to uncover the story behind one of the region's most remarkable bat discoveries. Listen to the episode to find out more: batchat.buzzsprout.com/680561/episo...

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Hello @bsky.app ! Whether you are a bat enthusiast or just curious about our flying friends, we look forward to connecting with you on here. We plan to share the latest on our work and the wider bat conservation community too. Come back in 2025 for more regular content! #BatsNeedFriends

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It’s out! Here’s a short video highlighting some of the incredible work we’ve involved with in #Kenya saving endangered bats and empowering local communities 🦇 vimeo.com/1039734764

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@batconservation.bsky.social are happy to announce the publication of Bats and Large-Scale Housing Maintenance Projects Guidance. This 📄 provides guidance for large-scale housing projects where the principal focus is retention and repair rather than demolition. ❤️🦇 www.bats.org.uk/resources/gu...

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It is despicable to see @teamlabouruk.bsky.social plan to disregard local environmental protections in their push for new housing especially considering how poor current mitigation are enforced. 75% of 🦇 boxes missing for new developments! Now consider that for 1.5 million new homes!

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Kicking off my Bluesky account with a little plug for our new #bioacoustics paper, showing acoustic indices enable us to disciminate between temperate forest types (and bird species composition): www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🎤🌲🌳🐦🕊️

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📌Welcome to the bat-feed! A place for posts by bat-scientists, ecologists, photographers etc. DM me to ask to be added as a contributor. Then use the 🦇 emoji for posts you want to show up in the feed. Rules in the next post: bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Disappointing to see the PM has succumbed to populist nonsense using 🦇 as scapegoats for spiralling costs and delays of HS2. Undermining regulations that protect our natural heritage and environment is not the way forward. Future generations will not forgive us! www.bats.org.uk/news/2024/12...

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Foraging partition of rainforest in bats and correspondent wings shapes. Illustration for the book "Bat Island" by Page, Dechmann O'Mara and Tschapka. Details in ALT text. @teagueo.bsky.social #SciArt #mammals 🦇

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New 🦇 PhD out with @batconservation.bsky.social and University of Exeter applying genomic approaches to understand bat population declines. Share amongst your networks! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Brilliant topic at @norfolknorwichbats.bsky.social winter talks series on the reintroduction of the beaver to the UK landscape. P.S They have a BIG impact on local 🦇

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