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Jack Hooker
@jackhooker.bsky.social
Research Scientist at Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social
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....
November 12, 2025 at 10:14 AM
It's great to see our work on 🦇 and music festivals still getting positive coverage, this time in the @batconservation.bsky.social magazine.

I would encourage everyone to become a member! www.bats.org.uk/membership/s...

OA 📄 available here doi.org/10.1002/2688...
July 29, 2025 at 7:56 AM
As the year progresses, it is getting harder and harder to spot our 🦇 monitoring stations 😂

The amount of bat recordings is also increasing at what seems like an exponential rate!

@wildlifeacoustics.bsky.social @batconservation.bsky.social
June 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Make no mistake the #USA has many many pitfalls but their #NationalParks put the UK to shame!

Zion National Park, Utah
May 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
New OA 🦇 Research 📄

Onboard recordings reveal how bats maneuver under severe acoustic interference

www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
April 11, 2025 at 10:36 AM
In the process of migrating fully away from X, I am reposting to BlueSky.

Check out our work on the effects of #beaver reintroductions on our UK 🦇 species!

Management of wetlands is critical and beavers offer a nature-based solution for restoring degraded wetland systems.

📰 bit.ly/3yYDFgK
December 4, 2024 at 11:40 AM
@batconservation.bsky.social BigGive Christmas Challenge campaign 'A lifeline for bats' is now live!

From 3-10 December every donation up to £5,000 made on this page will be DOUBLED: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05... .

This means we can raise a minimum of £10,000 for the National Bat Helpline 🦇
December 3, 2024 at 12:40 PM