Jack Hooker
@jackhooker.bsky.social
Research Scientist at Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social
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🦇A new episode of #BatChat is out now: From Aberdeen to Madagascar with Paul Racey!
Steve chats with Emeritus Professor Paul Racey, one of the best-known figures in bat ecology and conservation.
Available in your usual place or online here: batchat.buzzsprout.com/680561/episo...
Steve chats with Emeritus Professor Paul Racey, one of the best-known figures in bat ecology and conservation.
Available in your usual place or online here: batchat.buzzsprout.com/680561/episo...
February 11, 2026 at 2:01 PM
🦇A new episode of #BatChat is out now: From Aberdeen to Madagascar with Paul Racey!
Steve chats with Emeritus Professor Paul Racey, one of the best-known figures in bat ecology and conservation.
Available in your usual place or online here: batchat.buzzsprout.com/680561/episo...
Steve chats with Emeritus Professor Paul Racey, one of the best-known figures in bat ecology and conservation.
Available in your usual place or online here: batchat.buzzsprout.com/680561/episo...
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🦇 Not 1 but 2 NEW exciting vacancies:
- Seasonal Bat Advisors for the National Bat Helpline.
- Project Officer, Sibrydion y Coedwigoedd/ Whispers of the Woodlands
Deadline for both: 9am 16 February.
More info: www.bats.org.uk/the-trust/jo...
- Seasonal Bat Advisors for the National Bat Helpline.
- Project Officer, Sibrydion y Coedwigoedd/ Whispers of the Woodlands
Deadline for both: 9am 16 February.
More info: www.bats.org.uk/the-trust/jo...
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BCT is a Living Wage employer. BCT strives to provide an accessible recruitment process. If you require reasonable adjustments for any pa...
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January 26, 2026 at 4:28 PM
🦇 Not 1 but 2 NEW exciting vacancies:
- Seasonal Bat Advisors for the National Bat Helpline.
- Project Officer, Sibrydion y Coedwigoedd/ Whispers of the Woodlands
Deadline for both: 9am 16 February.
More info: www.bats.org.uk/the-trust/jo...
- Seasonal Bat Advisors for the National Bat Helpline.
- Project Officer, Sibrydion y Coedwigoedd/ Whispers of the Woodlands
Deadline for both: 9am 16 February.
More info: www.bats.org.uk/the-trust/jo...
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🦇Only 2 places up for grabs and the booking deadline is TOMORROW, 28 Jan 👇
www.bats.org.uk/our-work/tra...
www.bats.org.uk/our-work/tra...
Upcoming booking deadlines for training courses and events:
- Scoping surveys for arborists. Online over two afternoons on the 4 & 11 February. Deadline 28 January: www.bats.org.uk/our-work/tra...
- Scoping surveys for arborists. Online over two afternoons on the 4 & 11 February. Deadline 28 January: www.bats.org.uk/our-work/tra...
January 27, 2026 at 9:41 AM
🦇Only 2 places up for grabs and the booking deadline is TOMORROW, 28 Jan 👇
www.bats.org.uk/our-work/tra...
www.bats.org.uk/our-work/tra...
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🦇MY FIELD FOR DUMMIES IS BACK!🦇
We are THRILLED to have Dr. Alyson Brokaw as out first speaker of 2026. Dr. Brokaw focuses her research on behavioral ecology and sensory biology and is passionate about science communication and outreach.
REGISTER FOR FREE HERE!
tinyurl.com/2kw9wr5x
We are THRILLED to have Dr. Alyson Brokaw as out first speaker of 2026. Dr. Brokaw focuses her research on behavioral ecology and sensory biology and is passionate about science communication and outreach.
REGISTER FOR FREE HERE!
tinyurl.com/2kw9wr5x
January 26, 2026 at 9:04 PM
🦇MY FIELD FOR DUMMIES IS BACK!🦇
We are THRILLED to have Dr. Alyson Brokaw as out first speaker of 2026. Dr. Brokaw focuses her research on behavioral ecology and sensory biology and is passionate about science communication and outreach.
REGISTER FOR FREE HERE!
tinyurl.com/2kw9wr5x
We are THRILLED to have Dr. Alyson Brokaw as out first speaker of 2026. Dr. Brokaw focuses her research on behavioral ecology and sensory biology and is passionate about science communication and outreach.
REGISTER FOR FREE HERE!
tinyurl.com/2kw9wr5x
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January 22, 2026 at 7:07 PM
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Join the Green Party now.
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How should the discipline of ecology and the community of ecologists respond to the ecological crisis? Is it time that these were put on something more akin to an emergency footing?
www.cell.com/action/showP...
www.cell.com/action/showP...
December 18, 2025 at 8:59 AM
How should the discipline of ecology and the community of ecologists respond to the ecological crisis? Is it time that these were put on something more akin to an emergency footing?
www.cell.com/action/showP...
www.cell.com/action/showP...
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ATTENTION! 🦇✨VOTE NOW✨🦇
We have over 25 submissions to select from! Choose your TOP 3 choices for the contest! Follow the link below to vote!
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We have over 25 submissions to select from! Choose your TOP 3 choices for the contest! Follow the link below to vote!
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December 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
ATTENTION! 🦇✨VOTE NOW✨🦇
We have over 25 submissions to select from! Choose your TOP 3 choices for the contest! Follow the link below to vote!
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yearofthebats.org
We have over 25 submissions to select from! Choose your TOP 3 choices for the contest! Follow the link below to vote!
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yearofthebats.org
New OA 🦇 research 📄 studying the wonders of #bat #migration
To Migrate or not to Migrate? Exploring the Genomic Basis of Partial Migratory Behavior in Bats
academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
To Migrate or not to Migrate? Exploring the Genomic Basis of Partial Migratory Behavior in Bats
academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
December 11, 2025 at 9:36 AM
New OA 🦇 research 📄 studying the wonders of #bat #migration
To Migrate or not to Migrate? Exploring the Genomic Basis of Partial Migratory Behavior in Bats
academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
To Migrate or not to Migrate? Exploring the Genomic Basis of Partial Migratory Behavior in Bats
academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
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4 YR Fully Funded PhD Opportunity (UK home fees)
Restoring Rivers for Multi-Benefit Outcomes: From Biodiversity to Flood Resilience
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Restoring Rivers for Multi-Benefit Outcomes: From Biodiversity to Flood Resilience
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Restoring Rivers for Multi-Benefit Outcomes: From Biodiversity to Flood Resilience at University of Stirling on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Restoring Rivers for Multi-Benefit Outcomes: From Biodiversity to Flood Resilience at University of Stirling, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
4 YR Fully Funded PhD Opportunity (UK home fees)
Restoring Rivers for Multi-Benefit Outcomes: From Biodiversity to Flood Resilience
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Restoring Rivers for Multi-Benefit Outcomes: From Biodiversity to Flood Resilience
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Lots of great new OA 🦇 research 📄 published recently that provide valuable insights into different aspects of bat responses to natural and man-made elements of the #environment. Whilst these may not seem particularly "exciting" they provide crucial evidence to aid bat conservation.
🧵 below
🧵 below
December 8, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Lots of great new OA 🦇 research 📄 published recently that provide valuable insights into different aspects of bat responses to natural and man-made elements of the #environment. Whilst these may not seem particularly "exciting" they provide crucial evidence to aid bat conservation.
🧵 below
🧵 below
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Not a surprise they start to sound alike but going through 700,000 calls 🎩 off to these 🦇 researchers #bioacoustics full paper royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
December 3, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Not a surprise they start to sound alike but going through 700,000 calls 🎩 off to these 🦇 researchers #bioacoustics full paper royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
New OA 🦇 research 📄
Managing hedgerows for biodiversity: Disentangling the effects of trimming, structure and connectivity on the use of linear features by bats
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Managing hedgerows for biodiversity: Disentangling the effects of trimming, structure and connectivity on the use of linear features by bats
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Managing hedgerows for biodiversity: Disentangling the effects of trimming, structure and connectivity on the use of linear features by bats
Our findings underscore the value of extensive hedgerow management in promoting on-farm bat activity and support the integration of simple hedgerow quality assessment protocols into agri-environment ...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
New OA 🦇 research 📄
Managing hedgerows for biodiversity: Disentangling the effects of trimming, structure and connectivity on the use of linear features by bats
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Managing hedgerows for biodiversity: Disentangling the effects of trimming, structure and connectivity on the use of linear features by bats
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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🦇 in the news!
#bats #lovebats #urbanwildlife
Urban bats avoid street lights when commuting between their roosts and foraging grounds share.google/RNp1fTDImn78...
#bats #lovebats #urbanwildlife
Urban bats avoid street lights when commuting between their roosts and foraging grounds share.google/RNp1fTDImn78...
Urban bats avoid street lights when commuting between their roosts and foraging grounds
Some bat species seek shelter during the day in the attics of large, mostly historic buildings within human settlements, even though they forage for insects at night in the dark surrounding countrysid...
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November 30, 2025 at 11:54 PM
🦇 in the news!
#bats #lovebats #urbanwildlife
Urban bats avoid street lights when commuting between their roosts and foraging grounds share.google/RNp1fTDImn78...
#bats #lovebats #urbanwildlife
Urban bats avoid street lights when commuting between their roosts and foraging grounds share.google/RNp1fTDImn78...
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🦇Interested in a bat-related PhD? 👇
Using genomics to understand bat population declines under global environmental change with @orlyrazgour.bsky.social , @bfraser.bsky.social and BCT, based at the University of Exeter.
Application deadline 8 January 2026: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Using genomics to understand bat population declines under global environmental change with @orlyrazgour.bsky.social , @bfraser.bsky.social and BCT, based at the University of Exeter.
Application deadline 8 January 2026: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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
www.findaphd.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
🦇Interested in a bat-related PhD? 👇
Using genomics to understand bat population declines under global environmental change with @orlyrazgour.bsky.social , @bfraser.bsky.social and BCT, based at the University of Exeter.
Application deadline 8 January 2026: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Using genomics to understand bat population declines under global environmental change with @orlyrazgour.bsky.social , @bfraser.bsky.social and BCT, based at the University of Exeter.
Application deadline 8 January 2026: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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November 26, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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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 )
November 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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 )
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Congrats @tomasvillada.bsky.social on your first paper from your PhD! He found Australian cave-roosting bats in colder climates stay longer in torpor and fatten more to survive in colder environments | doi.org/10.1007/s004...
November 21, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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New OA 🦇 research 📄
Behavioural shifts of bats during urban music festivals
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Behavioural shifts of bats during urban music festivals
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Behavioural shifts of bats during urban music festivals
We investigated how large outdoor music festivals affect bat activity in an urban green spaces. Although total nightly activity did not decline on concert nights, we showed activity during concert ho...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM
New OA 🦇 research 📄
Behavioural shifts of bats during urban music festivals
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Behavioural shifts of bats during urban music festivals
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Come to do a PhD with me, @bfraser.bsky.social and
@batconservation.bsky.social at the University of Exeter on using genomics to understand bat population declines under global environmental change 🦇🧬🌍🌐🧪
Application deadline 8 January 2026 ⚠️⚠️⚠️
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
@batconservation.bsky.social at the University of Exeter on using genomics to understand bat population declines under global environmental change 🦇🧬🌍🌐🧪
Application deadline 8 January 2026 ⚠️⚠️⚠️
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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
www.findaphd.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Come to do a PhD with me, @bfraser.bsky.social and
@batconservation.bsky.social at the University of Exeter on using genomics to understand bat population declines under global environmental change 🦇🧬🌍🌐🧪
Application deadline 8 January 2026 ⚠️⚠️⚠️
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
@batconservation.bsky.social at the University of Exeter on using genomics to understand bat population declines under global environmental change 🦇🧬🌍🌐🧪
Application deadline 8 January 2026 ⚠️⚠️⚠️
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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🦇 A new episode of #BatChat drops tomorrow, 19 Nov! Don't miss it.
🦇 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 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🦇 A new episode of #BatChat drops tomorrow, 19 Nov! Don't miss it.
Reposted by Jack Hooker
🦇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!)
Bat dating is all about performance: up to 40 kHz of “check out my skills.” (see comments for audio!)
November 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
🦇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!)
Bat dating is all about performance: up to 40 kHz of “check out my skills.” (see comments for audio!)
New OA 🦇 research 📄
Very cool study using the latest miniaturised technologies to study bat #behaviour in #ALAN
Wild bats hunt insects faster under lit conditions by integrating acoustic and visual information
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Very cool study using the latest miniaturised technologies to study bat #behaviour in #ALAN
Wild bats hunt insects faster under lit conditions by integrating acoustic and visual information
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
November 12, 2025 at 10:14 AM
New OA 🦇 research 📄
Very cool study using the latest miniaturised technologies to study bat #behaviour in #ALAN
Wild bats hunt insects faster under lit conditions by integrating acoustic and visual information
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Very cool study using the latest miniaturised technologies to study bat #behaviour in #ALAN
Wild bats hunt insects faster under lit conditions by integrating acoustic and visual information
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
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Thank you to @gailbatlady.bsky.social and all bat carers, wildlife hospitals and ambulance drivers for helping bats in trouble back into the wild.
If you find a bat, please follow our advice www.bats.org.uk/advice/help-... Thank you to the volunteers and donates to the helpline keep going. #bats 🦇
If you find a bat, please follow our advice www.bats.org.uk/advice/help-... Thank you to the volunteers and donates to the helpline keep going. #bats 🦇
November 11, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Thank you to @gailbatlady.bsky.social and all bat carers, wildlife hospitals and ambulance drivers for helping bats in trouble back into the wild.
If you find a bat, please follow our advice www.bats.org.uk/advice/help-... Thank you to the volunteers and donates to the helpline keep going. #bats 🦇
If you find a bat, please follow our advice www.bats.org.uk/advice/help-... Thank you to the volunteers and donates to the helpline keep going. #bats 🦇
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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 11, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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New OA 🦇 research 📄
Testing a bat fatality detection system at wind turbines
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Testing a bat fatality detection system at wind turbines
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Testing a bat fatality detection system at wind turbines
To understand conditions associated with bat fatalities at wind turbines for informing reduction strategies, researchers began using thermal camera video monitoring with a field of view (FOV) focused ...
journals.plos.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:50 AM
New OA 🦇 research 📄
Testing a bat fatality detection system at wind turbines
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Testing a bat fatality detection system at wind turbines
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...