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Bat squeaks by Joe and Andreia with occasional special guests! Posts are not endorsements. 🦇
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🦇 Do you love bats and enjoy writing? Join us in celebrating bats in creative writing through our Bat's Laureate Competition!

There are two categories: one for adults/young people over 12 and one for our younger supporters, under 12 years old.

More info: www.bats.org.uk/our-work/con...
December 27, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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🦇 We'd love to see your bat-themed presents!

An amazing collection here! 😍
What 🦇 goodies did you all get for Chrimbo this year?

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#bats #lovebats #Britishbats
December 29, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Pest suppression services of insectivorous #bats 🦇 in intensively managed arable land benefit from adjacent near-natural areas www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #farming #biodiversity #naturebasedsolution
Pest suppression services of insectivorous bats in intensively managed arable land benefit from adjacent near-natural areas
Ecosystem services, in particular pest consumption, provided by insectivorous bats are an important but underappreciated economic benefit of biodivers…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 29, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Looking for a new start in 2026? We are recruiting for three great job opportunities. Come and join the team and help achieve our vision of a world rich in wildlife where bats and people thrive together. Deadline for applying is 12th January 2026. To find out more: www.bats.org.uk/the-trust/jo... 🦇
December 29, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Finding some bat species are photoluminescent in ultraviolet is one remarkable discovery for 2025. We had a feature on this in Spring 2025 issue of our membership magazine, Bat News. To discover more about #bats 🦇 and help bat conservation join today www.bats.org.uk/support-bats... #BatYearReview
December 29, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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Do you have a favourite #BatChat #podcast episode of 2025? Season 6 and 7 have included interviews with @chrisgpackham.bsky.social @vincentwt.bsky.social and many others involved in #bats 🦇 conservation www.bats.org.uk/resources/ba... Thanks to @wildcare.eu for sponsoring the podcast this year
BatChat - The Bat Conservation Trust Podcast - Resources - Bat Conservation Trust
BatChat is the award-winning podcast from the Bat Conservation Trust. The podcast was designed for BCT members as such it has something for everyone. It...
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December 23, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Echoes & Whispers - Explore the world of #bats 🦇 in this six-part podcast, a creative evaluation piece by Stephen Rutt and Claire Todd. speciesontheedge.co.uk/echoes-whisp...
Echoes & Whispers | Species On The Edge
Explore the world of bats in this six-part podcast, a creative evaluation piece by Stephen Rutt and Claire Todd.
speciesontheedge.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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🦇 Gift someone the opportunity to learn about bats!

Whether they are completely new to bats or an experienced bat worker, we have e-learning and digital downloads to suit a wide variety of learners and wallets! www.bats.org.uk/support-bats...
December 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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🦇 Our 'How to Run Bat Walks' course is coming back! And you even have a choice of dates:
- Two afternoon sessions on Thursday 19 and 26 February 2026 starting at 2:30pm on Zoom
OR
- Two evening sessions on 4 and 11 March 2026 starting at 6:30pm on Zoom

More info: www.bats.org.uk/our-work/tra...
December 26, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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🦇 Woodland Symposium 2026 is back! The Woodland Symposium will return on the 25 March and will be held in person at the WWF Living Planet Centre in Woking as well as online via Zoom.

Early bat bookings in person tickets on sale now: lnkd.in/e_ireTvU
December 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Huge thank you to all our corporate members for your support through 2025. We have some very exciting opportunities for 2026, do keep an eye on your inbox. www.bats.org.uk/support-bats... #bats🦇 #BatsNeedFriends
Corporate members - Corporate opportunities - Bat Conservation Trust
The Bat Conservation Trust is very grateful for the support of its Corporate Members. Their generous support makes a big difference to what we are able ...
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December 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Looking for a new start in 2026? We are recruiting for three great job opportunities. Come and join the team and help achieve our vision of a world rich in wildlife where bats and people thrive together. Deadline for applying is 12th January 2026. To find out more: www.bats.org.uk/the-trust/jo... 🦇
December 29, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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🦇 Interested in pursuing a bat related PhD or you're interested in genetics?
See this fantastic opportunity to work with @orlyrazgour.bsky.social and @bfraser.bsky.social at @exeter.ac.uk : www.findaphd.com/phds/project....

Deadline 8 Jan.
Applying genomic approaches to understand bat population declines. NERC GW4+ DTP PhD studentship for September 2026 Entry at University of Exeter on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Applying genomic approaches to understand bat population declines. NERC GW4+ DTP PhD studentship for September 2026 Entry at University of Exeter, listed on FindAPhD.com
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December 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Finding some bat species are photoluminescent in ultraviolet is one remarkable discovery for 2025. We had a feature on this in Spring 2025 issue of our membership magazine, Bat News. To discover more about #bats 🦇 and help bat conservation join today www.bats.org.uk/support-bats... #BatYearReview
December 29, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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So grateful to all co-authors, but especially to @tkrizler.bsky.social whose work was the main inspiration for this index, and whose invaluable contribution greatly improved the manuscript! And also, to all the volunteers from www.batmonitoring.org !🌱🙏
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December 22, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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Third chapter of my thesis finally out ‼🦇

"Prioritizing bat roosts for conservation with a global multicriteria bat roost priority index based on community science"
December 22, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Pest suppression services of insectivorous #bats 🦇 in intensively managed arable land benefit from adjacent near-natural areas www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #farming #biodiversity #naturebasedsolution
Pest suppression services of insectivorous bats in intensively managed arable land benefit from adjacent near-natural areas
Ecosystem services, in particular pest consumption, provided by insectivorous bats are an important but underappreciated economic benefit of biodivers…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 29, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Have you received a bat detector this year but have no idea what to do with it?
Visit our bat detectors page to know all about the different types and how to get started: buff.ly/3Io1n5I
December 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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🦇 Have you received a bat box this Christmas but have no idea what to do with it? We've got you; all you need to know here and in the 'Bat Box Info Pack', free to download here: buff.ly/3wyfrpi
December 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
🦇 We'd love to see your bat-themed presents!

An amazing collection here! 😍
What 🦇 goodies did you all get for Chrimbo this year?

🦇🖤🦇

#bats #lovebats #Britishbats
December 29, 2025 at 9:29 AM
🦇 We are excited to announce that 11 places of worship will be receiving funding from the Living Alongside Bats in Churches Grant this month! We look forward to hearing how the grant has helped them manage their bat roosts.

More info about the grant here: www.bats.org.uk/our-work/bui...
Living Alongside Bats in Churches Grant - Bats and Churches - Bat Conservation Trust
Bats have always been in churches and places of worship – there are records of this dating back many hundreds of years. Even churches built in a non-tra...
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December 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
🦇 There are things you can do all year round to help bats, even in winter when they are hibernating: buff.ly/2HkKSuq . The lovely image below is from our 'Stars of the Night' leaflet which you can download for free here: buff.ly/40yR5f3
December 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
🦇 Are you ready to become a bat conservation champion? Our most popular introductory course designed to teach you everything you need to know to become an active participant in bat conservation in the UK! A 6-part course from 23 Feb - 30 Mar, Monday evenings from 7pm: www.bats.org.uk/our-work/tra...
December 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM
🦇There are many different ways to help bats. Either by becoming a member, donating, volunteering, raising funds at no extra cost to you, leaving a gift in your will or simply making your garden/green corner more bat friendly. Find out more here: www.bats.org.uk/support-bats
December 28, 2025 at 9:46 AM
🦇 Bats are long-lived mammals which reproduce slowly: each female can only produce one baby per year and not all females will have babies each year. For this reason their populations are very slow to grow or recover their numbers. buff.ly/3fyG3uW
December 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM