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.

Lovely peaceful evening last night taking a lovely couple of marine biologists out on a beaver tour 😀

Last nights bat survey which was a lovely peaceful evening surveying a very old house and steading built in the 1660s.

Two common pipistrelles were foraging round this building, occasionally meeting in the middle and chasing each other furiously 😀

Badger laundry day 😀 A local badger bringing fresh bedding into the sett.

Designed a new information board for the Scottish Wild Beaver Group with lots of examples of science showing how beaver dams slow water flow, improve water quality and other beaver factoids. Really pleased with it and today it got its first outing at a Flood Awareness Event in Perth 😀 #beaver 🦫

Excellent day at the Scottish Bat Conference meeting up with friends and fellow batty people. Some great talks, ending with amazing stats on bat activity in beaver wetland - all species showed an increase but two species were amazing - 400% increase in barbastelles and 300% increase in long ears!

First bat rescue of the year: Basil the common pipistrelle who is gaining a little weight before being released 😀🦇 #bats #rescue

Did a bat stall today at the second Gardening for Wildlife day, this time in Auchterarder. Not so many people this week but we did have quite a few kids in and also the local mens shed who learned a lot more then they expected to about bats 🤪 #bats🦇

As one of the trustees of the Scottish Wild Beaver Group I was out tonight giving a talk about beavers. They learned about beaver ecology and how their wetland created by the dams is essential for biodiversity and prevents downstream flooding of towns and cities. Now they are beaver believers 😁

Gardening for Wildlife event in Blairgowrie today with various talks on seed saving, creating wildlife ponds, looking after our pollinators and of course by me: what you can do for your local bats! Save their food i.e. insects: no pesticides, protect your trees, turn off artificial light at night 😀🦇

Delighted to receive two more skulls from Nobone www.nobone.be which are ideal for teaching or educational talks/public engagement about bats 😀

The large one is common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) and the smaller is a common pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) - both 5x larger than real life

A lopped ash tree with dieoff which has great value for many decades as insect habitat, roosts for bats and birds, plus a red squirrel snoozing in a sunny spot at the top 😁

An orphan pipistrelle pup enjoying a good groom from a cotton bud after feeding 😋😍 #bats #batrescue #taysidebatgroup

A rescue common pipistrelle being test flown before release 🦇 #bats #batrescue

No bats, no tequila 🦇

Hibernacula hunting with the local bat group today - one pipistrelle found 😀

3D printed skulls from Nobone in Belgium - great for batty education 😀