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Glad Conor O’Brien enjoyed his time at one of our lesser horseshoe bat reserves. His description of watching the bats emerge will transport you back to a warm summer’s evening. Read all about it in his new book The Living and the Dead: Tales of Loss and Rebirth from Irish Nature. www.merrionpress.ie
October 2, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Glad Conor O’Brien enjoyed his time at one of our lesser horseshoe bat reserves. His description of watching the bats emerge will transport you back to a warm summer’s evening. Read all about it in his new book The Living and the Dead: Tales of Loss and Rebirth from Irish Nature. www.merrionpress.ie
Brilliant session with our amazing Kerry volunteers! Together we crafted ~30 roosting pots and boards for lesser horseshoe bats.
Terracotta pots + wool wood boards coated in lime mortar = perfect textured nooks for bats to cling to (modern materials are too smooth!)
More info: tinyurl.com/yk82edb7
Terracotta pots + wool wood boards coated in lime mortar = perfect textured nooks for bats to cling to (modern materials are too smooth!)
More info: tinyurl.com/yk82edb7
September 23, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Brilliant session with our amazing Kerry volunteers! Together we crafted ~30 roosting pots and boards for lesser horseshoe bats.
Terracotta pots + wool wood boards coated in lime mortar = perfect textured nooks for bats to cling to (modern materials are too smooth!)
More info: tinyurl.com/yk82edb7
Terracotta pots + wool wood boards coated in lime mortar = perfect textured nooks for bats to cling to (modern materials are too smooth!)
More info: tinyurl.com/yk82edb7
Six counties, six lesser horseshoe bat events, one fab #HeritageWeek2025 journey where 140 people joined Kate McAney along the way. Most saw + heard #lesserhorseshoebats for the first time! Huge thanks to NPWS, local biodiversity officers, The Heritage Council and all who came out to celebrate bats!
September 3, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Six counties, six lesser horseshoe bat events, one fab #HeritageWeek2025 journey where 140 people joined Kate McAney along the way. Most saw + heard #lesserhorseshoebats for the first time! Huge thanks to NPWS, local biodiversity officers, The Heritage Council and all who came out to celebrate bats!
Emergence Counts for 2025 Completed!
This summer, we counted 4,059 Lesser Horseshoe Bats across our 12 Irish summer roosts — our third highest total ever on record!
A huge thank you to the volunteers who came out (and survived the midges!) to help with the counts.
#Volunteering #Bats
This summer, we counted 4,059 Lesser Horseshoe Bats across our 12 Irish summer roosts — our third highest total ever on record!
A huge thank you to the volunteers who came out (and survived the midges!) to help with the counts.
#Volunteering #Bats
July 17, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Emergence Counts for 2025 Completed!
This summer, we counted 4,059 Lesser Horseshoe Bats across our 12 Irish summer roosts — our third highest total ever on record!
A huge thank you to the volunteers who came out (and survived the midges!) to help with the counts.
#Volunteering #Bats
This summer, we counted 4,059 Lesser Horseshoe Bats across our 12 Irish summer roosts — our third highest total ever on record!
A huge thank you to the volunteers who came out (and survived the midges!) to help with the counts.
#Volunteering #Bats