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Sarah Jo 🦇
@battysarah.bsky.social
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Educator. Volunteer bat worker. Charity trustee. BSc (Hons) Ecology. Vegan for the animals and the planet. Childfree by choice. Northern. She/her.
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Sarah Jo 🦇 @battysarah.bsky.social · Nov 24
I'm Sarah: teacher by day, volunteer bat worker by night. Passionate about nature, conservation and talking about bats to anyone who will listen! Trustee of South Lancashire Bat Group. 🦇🖤🦇
Favourite bat? Probably common pipistrelles! You can always rely on them to make an appearance!
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azbatrescue.bsky.social
This sweet western red bat female got dislodged from her home after a storm but will be going back out into the wild again shortly. 🦇

#bats #arizona #wildanimals #cuteanimals #wildlife
November 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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‘Winter arrives on the wings of a Brown Long Eared bat’ While the Brandt’s bats 🦇 have been underground since early September, it always takes a sub zero snap to push the Long Eareds into hibernation. #bats #chiroptera #research #conservation #ecology
Hibernating Brown Long Eared bat Hibernating Brandt’s bats
November 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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batworker.bsky.social
Massive influx of Natterer’s bats at valley level marks the official start of hibernation season (last week they were still swarming). And the cherry on top was the return of Z0266, a bat ringed as an adult in 2005. That makes four 21+ year old 🦇 still turning up ( @johnaltringham.bsky.social )
A ringed Natterer’s bat in hibernation
November 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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nzbatman.bsky.social
Supporting Finding Franklin Bats last night with the Wild Heroes film crew helping make these pekapeka TV stars 🌟 🦇

#nzbats #community #conservation #aklbiodiversity #pekapeka #biodiversity #pestfreeakl #wildheroes
November 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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nhm-london.bsky.social Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · 6d
When you think of bats, you probably don’t think of pollination - but bats are crucial pollinators, and the key to creating a certain drink! 🍸

See an (adorable) bat covered in pollen and learn why a world without bats would be a world without tequila in this week’s Surprising Science. 🦇
November 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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albertabats.bsky.social
🦇Male bats in Alberta aren’t belting out love songs - but some species do produce complex ultrasonic calls that might be part of their mating strategy.
Bat dating is all about performance: up to 40 kHz of “check out my skills.” (see comments for audio!)
Up close image of the face of a silver-haired bat caught with its mouth open in a wide yawn. image of musical notes shown being emitted through it's mouth. Text reads albertabats.ca WCS Canada logo Alberta Community Bat Program. Photo of bat by Jason Headley.
November 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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batconservation.bsky.social
#Bats in Churches research reveals ancient buildings as vital wildlife refuges. Crucially, the research also found that 90% of church communities feel positively about their resident bats. ⛪🦇 #naturepositive

www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/10...
November 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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batconservation.bsky.social
🦇 Whether you're having a lazy and quiet Sunday morning or are on the go, our podcast BatChat is the best company. A new season is back and you can listen to the first episode in your usual platform or in your browser here: batchat.buzzsprout.com/680561/episo... .
November 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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batconservation.bsky.social
🦇If you are new to bats you may find our e-learning resources a great way to get started! Some highlights:
- Intro to bats
- Bat care for non-bat carers
- Bat resources for teachers and youth workers
- Bat talks from conferences

More here: learn.bats.org.uk/collections/...
November 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Hoover the Mexican free-tailed bat has the fastest snout in the west. (Or at least one of them.) 🦇

#bats #arizona #wildanimals #cuteanimals #wildlife #snout
November 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Great to see my PhD research on barbastelle bat flight behaviour over roads featured by the University of Sussex on Research at Sussex! 🦇

📰 Scientific Reports article: lnkd.in/eHBZweAj

🔗 ResearchGate: lnkd.in/eFt_-ijZ
sussex.ac.uk University of Sussex @sussex.ac.uk · 18d
• Why are rare bats at risk on our roads?

• Sussex physicists shed light on a cosmic mystery

• How did language develop?

Find out in the next Research at Sussex, a fortnightly round up of groundbreaking research and innovation from the University.

📩 Subscribe today: https://ow.ly/11El50UOFZB
Close-up of a barbastelle bat tucked into a rocky crevice, ears folded forward. NOvA neutrino experiment’s giant grid-like particle detector, held by two yellow gantry arms, at Ash River, Minnesota. Professor Gillian Forrester crouches beside a chimpanzee, observing their hand gesture.
November 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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azbatrescue.bsky.social
BATTLE OF THE FLOOF! Who wore it best?
1. western red bat 2. hoary bat 3. silver-haired bat 4. western yellow bat 🦇

#bats #arizona #wildanimals #cuteanimals #wildlife #floof
Bat with reddish fur held in gloved hand. Fluffy bat with brown and white fur held in yellow gloved hand. Black bat with fluffy fur in white cloth. Yellow colored bat with fluffy fur on a leather glove.
November 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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azbatrescue.bsky.social
How perfect is Duchess on a scale of 100% to absolutely perfect? Duchess is a western mastiff bat, the largest bat species in the United States. 🦇

#bats #arizona #wildanimals #cuteanimals #wildlife
Brown colored bat with big ears held in a brown gloved hand with a burgundy background.
November 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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batconservation.bsky.social
As it stands, the Planning and Infrastructure Bill will undermine species protection. Write to your MP today, it takes less than 2 minutes act.bats.org.uk/urge-your-mp...

Thank you to everyone who has already spoken up for #bats 🦇. Please share widely
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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batconservation.bsky.social
🦇Our @biggive.bsky.social #ChristmasChallenge campaign, 'A voice for bats' goes live in 3 weeks! This is a match-funding campaign - every donation we receive up to £10,000 will be doubled - but we only have 1 week to raise funds!
Register to be notified when we go live: forms.office.com/e/84S5utrSYH
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Our new study shows that island populations of grey long-eared #bats have distinct DNA haplotypes compared to mainland populations, reflecting long-term isolation & independent evolutionary trajectories: link.springer.com/article/10.1... @iccs.bsky.social @jesusoxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
battysarah.bsky.social
Bats don't just eat insects or fruit. There are 1,500 recognised species of bat on the planet with a wide range of diets.

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www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...
20 meat-eating bats fitted with hi-tech backpacks. Scientists stunned to record them hunting like lions | Discover Wildlife
The winged mammals use a ‘hang-and-wait’ strategy to successfully capture large prey, a new study finds.
www.discoverwildlife.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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albertabats.bsky.social
🦇 ICYMI
We’ve updated our Bat Ambassador Guide for teachers, interpreters, and anyone sharing bat knowledge. It’s free and packed with outreach tips and Alberta bat info.
Link in comments!
Cover page of the Alberta Bat Ambassador Guide - Ideas for Bat Conservation Outreach Last updated March 20, 2025 image of a Hoary Bat
November 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Fingers crossed for this little one.

#lovebats #batconservation #batcare #conservation
gailbatlady.bsky.social Gail Armstrong @gailbatlady.bsky.social · 13d
As winter approaches, bats are less active but our team doesn't rest as long as there are bats that need help. This tiny bat found on rail platform, caked in black grease and very weak. Though situation improved he is not out of the woods yet. But he found his voice & appetite. #lovebats #batcare 🦇🤞
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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🦇 If eligible (UK resident), please get involved, sign and help to protect #bats
November 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Positive 🦇 story

#lovebats #batresearch #conservation #batconservation #trees

phys.org/news/2025-11...
The secret life of baobabs: How bats and moths keep Africa's giant trees alive
Baobabs are sometimes called "upside-down trees," because their branches look like roots reaching skyward. Of the eight species of baobab in the world, six are confined to Madagascar, one to northern ...
phys.org
November 9, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Positive 🦇 story.

#lovebats #batcare #britishbats #conservation #batconservation

BBC News - Former Hampshire A&E doctor transforms home into bat hospital - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Former Hampshire A&E doctor transforms home into bat hospital
Former Hampshire A&E worker Carolyn Hargreaves hopes to change the public perception of bats.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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batworker.bsky.social
Last week we had predominately Brown Long Eared bats swarming, this week Natterer’s 🦇 Male and female Long Eared’s caught inside the swarming site, but only male Natterer’s so far and mainly young of year.
November 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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batconservation.bsky.social
🦇 A group of bats can be called a colony, a cauldron, or even a cloud. But with over 1,500 bat species worldwide (and 18 here in the UK!), we think it’s time to get a little more imaginative.

Surely our brilliant bats deserve names as unique as they are. Join our campaign and help us #NameThatBat
Comical illustrations of three different options to describe a group of common pipistrelles. Option 1: a reliance of common pipistrelles showing three bats, one of which has a ‘bat spotting’ checklist with ‘common pipistrelle’ ticked off. Option 2: a flicker of common pipistrelles showing three bats around a lit candle. Option 3: a shimmer of common pipistrelles, showing three bats with a flick of light on their wings.
November 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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🦇 This is the last chance to protect species from the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.

Ask your MP to keep Amendment 130: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/11...
Ask your MP to protect bat species from the Planning and Infrastructure Bill - News - Bat Conservation Trust
This is the last chance to protect species from the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
www.bats.org.uk
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 PM