Jack Hooker

Jobs / Contracts - About Us - Bat Conservation Trust Please note: BCT is a Living Wage employer. BCT strives to provide an accessible recruitment process. If you require reasonable adjustments for any pa...

🦇 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...

🦇Only 2 places up for grabs and the booking deadline is TOMORROW, 28 Jan 👇
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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.

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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

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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

4 YR Fully Funded PhD Opportunity (UK home fees)
Restoring Rivers for Multi-Benefit Outcomes: From Biodiversity to Flood Resilience
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Dimming streetlights in urban areas reduces insect attraction but pipistrelle bats forage more in darkness Artificial light at night (ALAN) disrupts the activity patterns of a wide range of organisms. Nocturnal animals are particularly vulnerable to this di…

Dimming streetlights in urban areas reduces insect attraction but pipistrelle bats forage more in darkness 🦇

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Effectiveness of pipe culverts in facilitating road crossings by clutter-adapted bats Roads have several negative ecological effects on bats. Clutter-adapted bat species avoid roads as the open space increases the risk of predation. Thi…

Effectiveness of pipe culverts in facilitating road crossings by clutter-adapted bats🦇

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Habitat suitability is correlated with acoustic activity of bats - Landscape Ecology Context Habitat suitability models (HSMs) are a powerful tool for estimating species occurrence and contribute to evidence-based conservation planning. It is important to verify HSM predictions with g...

Habitat suitability is correlated with acoustic activity of bats 🦇

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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.

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Habitat suitability is correlated with acoustic activity of bats - Landscape Ecology Context Habitat suitability models (HSMs) are a powerful tool for estimating species occurrence and contribute to evidence-based conservation planning. It is important to verify HSM predictions with g...

Habitat suitability is correlated with acoustic activity of bats

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Dimming streetlights in urban areas reduces insect attraction but pipistrelle bats forage more in darkness Artificial light at night (ALAN) disrupts the activity patterns of a wide range of organisms. Nocturnal animals are particularly vulnerable to this di…

Dimming streetlights in urban areas reduces insect attraction but pipistrelle bats forage more in darkness

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Effectiveness of pipe culverts in facilitating road crossings by clutter-adapted bats Roads have several negative ecological effects on bats. Clutter-adapted bat species avoid roads as the open space increases the risk of predation. Thi…

Effectiveness of pipe culverts in facilitating road crossings by clutter-adapted bats

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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...

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 ...

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....

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...

🦇 in the news!

#bats #lovebats #urbanwildlife

Urban bats avoid street lights when commuting between their roosts and foraging grounds share.google/RNp1fTDImn78...

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

🦇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...

moodscale with bat museum samples

Pick your bat 🖤

co-authored with @simonpgaultier.bsky.social
highly scientific mood scale, trust us

A ringed Natterer’s bat in hibernation

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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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...

New OA 🦇 research 📄

Behavioural shifts of bats during urban music festivals

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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

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...

🦇 A new episode of #BatChat drops tomorrow, 19 Nov! Don't miss it.

Up close image of the face of a silver-haired bat caught with its mouth open in a wide yawn. image of musical notes shown being emitted through it's mouth. Text reads albertabats.ca WCS Canada logo Alberta Community Bat Program. Photo of bat by Jason Headley.

🦇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!)

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

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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 🦇

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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 ...

New OA 🦇 research 📄

Testing a bat fatality detection system at wind turbines

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