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Don't buy 'curiosities' made of dead bats!
Online stores including Amazon and Google shop are still openly selling these items, a year after we highlighted the problem. Trade in Endangered species needs to stop. #wildlife #bats #nature 🌍
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Online stores including Amazon and Google shop are still openly selling these items, a year after we highlighted the problem. Trade in Endangered species needs to stop. #wildlife #bats #nature 🌍
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 4, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Don't buy 'curiosities' made of dead bats!
Online stores including Amazon and Google shop are still openly selling these items, a year after we highlighted the problem. Trade in Endangered species needs to stop. #wildlife #bats #nature 🌍
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Online stores including Amazon and Google shop are still openly selling these items, a year after we highlighted the problem. Trade in Endangered species needs to stop. #wildlife #bats #nature 🌍
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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🦇 'Bats' are more than one species. They are an incredibly diverse group of mammals with 1,500 species that we know of. There is a huge diversity of sizes, colours, nose shapes, ear shapes, diet, habitat and more!
In the UK, there are 18 resident species: www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/w...
In the UK, there are 18 resident species: www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/w...
November 1, 2025 at 10:08 AM
🦇 'Bats' are more than one species. They are an incredibly diverse group of mammals with 1,500 species that we know of. There is a huge diversity of sizes, colours, nose shapes, ear shapes, diet, habitat and more!
In the UK, there are 18 resident species: www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/w...
In the UK, there are 18 resident species: www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/w...
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An investigation by journalists at The Ferret found that local MSP and Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes, the National Farmers’ Union Scotland (NFUS) and landowners had “privately piled pressure” on NatureScot to derail the application.
www.thenational.scot/comment/2558...
www.thenational.scot/comment/2558...
November 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
An investigation by journalists at The Ferret found that local MSP and Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes, the National Farmers’ Union Scotland (NFUS) and landowners had “privately piled pressure” on NatureScot to derail the application.
www.thenational.scot/comment/2558...
www.thenational.scot/comment/2558...
This is worse than I thought. While this is about England, you can be sure if it suceeds there, the pressure will be on the Scottish Government to do the same.
Shame on our UK Government for selling our nature and destroying OUR countryside 😡😡😡
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Shame on our UK Government for selling our nature and destroying OUR countryside 😡😡😡
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George Monbiot
The government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers. This nation of nature lovers won’t stand for it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:56 AM
This is worse than I thought. While this is about England, you can be sure if it suceeds there, the pressure will be on the Scottish Government to do the same.
Shame on our UK Government for selling our nature and destroying OUR countryside 😡😡😡
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Shame on our UK Government for selling our nature and destroying OUR countryside 😡😡😡
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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One campaigner said the spread of industrial chemicals to some of Scotland’s most remote waters was “really heartbreaking”
theferret.scot/orkne...
theferret.scot/orkne...
October 14, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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"The push to farm all available land to produce as much food as possible during WW2 continues into the current subsidy system. Even when farmers want to leave marginal and hard-to-manage areas alone, the subsidy system drives them to keep fighting nature."
www.scottishwildbeavers.org.uk/alyth-voice/
www.scottishwildbeavers.org.uk/alyth-voice/
September 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
"The push to farm all available land to produce as much food as possible during WW2 continues into the current subsidy system. Even when farmers want to leave marginal and hard-to-manage areas alone, the subsidy system drives them to keep fighting nature."
www.scottishwildbeavers.org.uk/alyth-voice/
www.scottishwildbeavers.org.uk/alyth-voice/
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🦇 Grooming rabies away
A new study finds vampire bats can lick rabies vaccines off each other, spreading immunity through grooming. 88% of a colony was vaccinated in days.
🔗 www.science.org/content/arti...
#SciComm #Zoonoses 🧪
A new study finds vampire bats can lick rabies vaccines off each other, spreading immunity through grooming. 88% of a colony was vaccinated in days.
🔗 www.science.org/content/arti...
#SciComm #Zoonoses 🧪
Vampire bats’ mutual grooming helps spread innovative rabies vaccine
A gel that bats lick off one another’s fur could help prevent rabies outbreaks in cattle, a growing problem in Latin America
www.science.org
July 9, 2025 at 6:02 AM
🦇 Grooming rabies away
A new study finds vampire bats can lick rabies vaccines off each other, spreading immunity through grooming. 88% of a colony was vaccinated in days.
🔗 www.science.org/content/arti...
#SciComm #Zoonoses 🧪
A new study finds vampire bats can lick rabies vaccines off each other, spreading immunity through grooming. 88% of a colony was vaccinated in days.
🔗 www.science.org/content/arti...
#SciComm #Zoonoses 🧪
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We've had the first reports of baby bats being born in England, Scotland and Wales. READ MORE HERE: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/06...
A new generation takes flight: first baby bats of 2025 - News - Bat Conservation Trust
It’s official: the first baby bats of 2025 have arrived! We know this not through field surveys or technology, but thanks to people like you — members of the public who’ve followed our advice after en...
www.bats.org.uk
June 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
We've had the first reports of baby bats being born in England, Scotland and Wales. READ MORE HERE: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/06...
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Sierra Leone has confirmed 15 deaths and more than 3,000 mpox infections
https://go.nature.com/4kYY1ZP
https://go.nature.com/4kYY1ZP
Skyrocketing mpox outbreak in Sierra Leone raises fears of wider spread
Boom in infections in the West African nation is driven by the same viral strain that caused a global outbreak in 2022.
go.nature.com
June 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Sierra Leone has confirmed 15 deaths and more than 3,000 mpox infections
https://go.nature.com/4kYY1ZP
https://go.nature.com/4kYY1ZP
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In less than a week we'll be standing up for nature - join us!
With one in nine species at risk of extinction in Scotland, the time to act is now.
Join us to demand that our MSPs stand up for nature.
📅Thursday 12 June
⏰ 12:30-2pm
📍 Scottish parliament
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stand-up-f...
With one in nine species at risk of extinction in Scotland, the time to act is now.
Join us to demand that our MSPs stand up for nature.
📅Thursday 12 June
⏰ 12:30-2pm
📍 Scottish parliament
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stand-up-f...
June 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
In less than a week we'll be standing up for nature - join us!
With one in nine species at risk of extinction in Scotland, the time to act is now.
Join us to demand that our MSPs stand up for nature.
📅Thursday 12 June
⏰ 12:30-2pm
📍 Scottish parliament
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stand-up-f...
With one in nine species at risk of extinction in Scotland, the time to act is now.
Join us to demand that our MSPs stand up for nature.
📅Thursday 12 June
⏰ 12:30-2pm
📍 Scottish parliament
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stand-up-f...
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Only possible thanks to your donations and our incredible volunteers #VolunteersWeek
🦇The National Bat Helpline is officially in its peak season and, therefore, operating an Out of Hours service for emergency bat care and crime calls only.
As well as our normal weekday service, our volunteers will also answer calls from 6pm - 10pm and from 10am-10pm on weekends and bank holidays.
As well as our normal weekday service, our volunteers will also answer calls from 6pm - 10pm and from 10am-10pm on weekends and bank holidays.
June 4, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Only possible thanks to your donations and our incredible volunteers #VolunteersWeek
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My first paper!! If you wanna know about woodland creation 🌳, beetles 🪲, and the effects of agriculture 🚜 - go here!
doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...
#BeetleEcology #WoodlandCreation #Conservation #Research #FirstAuthor #Ecology
doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...
#BeetleEcology #WoodlandCreation #Conservation #Research #FirstAuthor #Ecology
June 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
My first paper!! If you wanna know about woodland creation 🌳, beetles 🪲, and the effects of agriculture 🚜 - go here!
doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...
#BeetleEcology #WoodlandCreation #Conservation #Research #FirstAuthor #Ecology
doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...
#BeetleEcology #WoodlandCreation #Conservation #Research #FirstAuthor #Ecology
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Over 800 people have already contacted their MP. Thank you for speaking up against the governments licence to kill.
We need to keep the pressure up to that the government will listen to its own evidence. Please share with anyone who cares about nature.
act.bats.org.uk/planning-and...
We need to keep the pressure up to that the government will listen to its own evidence. Please share with anyone who cares about nature.
act.bats.org.uk/planning-and...
Planning and Infrastructure Bill - ask your MP to stop this licence to kill
Ask your MP to prevent the Planning and Infrastructure Bill from causing irreversible damage The government’s Planning and Infrastructure Bill is moving through Parliament right now. It includes propo...
act.bats.org.uk
June 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Over 800 people have already contacted their MP. Thank you for speaking up against the governments licence to kill.
We need to keep the pressure up to that the government will listen to its own evidence. Please share with anyone who cares about nature.
act.bats.org.uk/planning-and...
We need to keep the pressure up to that the government will listen to its own evidence. Please share with anyone who cares about nature.
act.bats.org.uk/planning-and...
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TBG members out surveying a brown long eared bat roost for the National Bat Monitoring Programme (NBMP) 😀
June 6, 2025 at 11:56 PM
TBG members out surveying a brown long eared bat roost for the National Bat Monitoring Programme (NBMP) 😀
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On May 23, President Trump signed an executive order he’s calling a “restoration of gold standard science.” But don’t be fooled, this is not about scientific integrity. It’s about political control.
The order gives Trump’s political appointees sweeping power over federal science. They can now:
The order gives Trump’s political appointees sweeping power over federal science. They can now:
June 4, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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Another beaver talk done 💪 This time in Crook of Devon, in the vanguard of beaver advance. One more talk in Balmaha on the 14th and then thats them finished until the autumn.
May 31, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Another beaver talk done 💪 This time in Crook of Devon, in the vanguard of beaver advance. One more talk in Balmaha on the 14th and then thats them finished until the autumn.
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In order to address the climate and biodiversity crises, we need our leaders to be taking clear and bold actions to restore nature at scale, while creating benefits for people.
Read the SRA's media statement👇
https://www.rewild.scot/scrapping-plans-for-a-Galloway-National-Park
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Read the SRA's media statement👇
https://www.rewild.scot/scrapping-plans-for-a-Galloway-National-Park
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Home
www.rewild.scot
May 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
In order to address the climate and biodiversity crises, we need our leaders to be taking clear and bold actions to restore nature at scale, while creating benefits for people.
Read the SRA's media statement👇
https://www.rewild.scot/scrapping-plans-for-a-Galloway-National-Park
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Read the SRA's media statement👇
https://www.rewild.scot/scrapping-plans-for-a-Galloway-National-Park
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Well done to all involved in this bat rescue www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Fire crews rescue bat caught in fishing line in Great Bowden
The bat was caught in a tree and is now rehabilitating, says Leicestershire Wildlife Hospital.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Well done to all involved in this bat rescue www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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NBMP annual report 2024 was published today: second year of concern over short-term trends www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/05... @jncc.bsky.social @wclnews.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social @bbcscience.bsky.social @zslscience.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social @nation.cymru
May 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
NBMP annual report 2024 was published today: second year of concern over short-term trends www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/05... @jncc.bsky.social @wclnews.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social @bbcscience.bsky.social @zslscience.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social @nation.cymru
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Who would have thought wildfires could come to Scotland? 🔥
Yet this year drought and fire have been very real issues.
Could beavers be used alongside agriculture in Scotland to help water retention and protect crops or livestock from wildfires? 👀💭
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
Yet this year drought and fire have been very real issues.
Could beavers be used alongside agriculture in Scotland to help water retention and protect crops or livestock from wildfires? 👀💭
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
May 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Who would have thought wildfires could come to Scotland? 🔥
Yet this year drought and fire have been very real issues.
Could beavers be used alongside agriculture in Scotland to help water retention and protect crops or livestock from wildfires? 👀💭
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
Yet this year drought and fire have been very real issues.
Could beavers be used alongside agriculture in Scotland to help water retention and protect crops or livestock from wildfires? 👀💭
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he may ban government scientists from publishing in top medical journals, the latest move in the Trump administration’s ongoing assault on scientific institutions.
May 29, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he may ban government scientists from publishing in top medical journals, the latest move in the Trump administration’s ongoing assault on scientific institutions.
This is not good 😢
This is a scary article by Carl Zimmer about the how scientists have found a second species of the fungus that causes white nose syndrome in bats. A potentially devastating development 🧪🦇
A Fungus Devastated North American Bats. A New Species Could Deliver a Killer Blow.
www.nytimes.com
May 30, 2025 at 8:20 AM
This is not good 😢
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🦇The National Bat Helpline is officially in its peak season and, therefore, operating an Out of Hours service for emergency bat care and crime calls only.
As well as our normal weekday service, our volunteers will also answer calls from 6pm - 10pm and from 10am-10pm on weekends and bank holidays.
As well as our normal weekday service, our volunteers will also answer calls from 6pm - 10pm and from 10am-10pm on weekends and bank holidays.
May 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🦇The National Bat Helpline is officially in its peak season and, therefore, operating an Out of Hours service for emergency bat care and crime calls only.
As well as our normal weekday service, our volunteers will also answer calls from 6pm - 10pm and from 10am-10pm on weekends and bank holidays.
As well as our normal weekday service, our volunteers will also answer calls from 6pm - 10pm and from 10am-10pm on weekends and bank holidays.
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Discover Your Local Bats workshop coming to Blairgowrie on Sat 24th May!
No experience necessary and ideal for learning a bit about bats and how to take part in citizen science surveying and monitoring them in your local area/garden 😀
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/discover-y...
No experience necessary and ideal for learning a bit about bats and how to take part in citizen science surveying and monitoring them in your local area/garden 😀
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/discover-y...
Discover your local bats - an introduction to the NBMP
FREE training on how to survey for bats, followed by a bat walk to practice identifying local species!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
May 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Discover Your Local Bats workshop coming to Blairgowrie on Sat 24th May!
No experience necessary and ideal for learning a bit about bats and how to take part in citizen science surveying and monitoring them in your local area/garden 😀
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/discover-y...
No experience necessary and ideal for learning a bit about bats and how to take part in citizen science surveying and monitoring them in your local area/garden 😀
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/discover-y...
Lovely peaceful evening last night taking a lovely couple of marine biologists out on a beaver tour 😀
May 16, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Lovely peaceful evening last night taking a lovely couple of marine biologists out on a beaver tour 😀