Sarah Jo 🦇

Why bats matter - About Bats - Bat Conservation Trust Bats matter across the UK and around the world. Bat species play a vital role in ecosystems, from agricultural land to tropical forests. They pollinate ...

Bats provide critical ecosystem services. #Bats 🦇 prevent crop damage and can help reduced insecticide use, three examples:

USA cotton farmers benefit by $3.7-53 billion per year

Italian apple orchards benefit by €551/ha

Rice farmers in Europe benefit by €56/ha

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A path looking down hill. Moorland on either side. A village in the distance. Blue sky, no clouds.

Photo of path on the moors.

Reservoir surrounded by moors. A tarmac road runs alongside the reservoir.

Tree covered in green moss. Oak. No leave yet.

A beautiful day for a walk.

Tameside, UK

#nature #moors #hiking #Tameside #natureconnection

That's two on my list now. 🖤🦇

Why bats matter - About Bats - Bat Conservation Trust Bats matter across the UK and around the world. Bat species play a vital role in ecosystems, from agricultural land to tropical forests. They pollinate ...

🦇 Happy #WorldWildlifeDay ! This day celebrates wild animals and plants and recognises the unique roles and contributions of wildlife to people and the planet.

Bats are certainly unique and contribute immensely to people and the planet. Learn more here: www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/w...

So much life! Moss and lichen on a wall.

Bracket fungi on a fallen. The fungi are warm brown on top and cream underneath.

Striped bracelet fungi on a fallen tree branch. About 5cm.

Crust fungi.

Saddleworth, Oldham, UK

#FungiFriends #MushroomMonday #MycologyMonday #nature #wildlife #fungi

A dunnock perches on top of a spiky gorse bush and sings with its beak wide open.

Dunnock singing on top of a gorse bush at Rodley Nature Reserve. #ThePhotoHour #birds #birding #wildlife #nature #photography #PhotographersOfBluesky @yorkswildlife.bsky.social

Rook perched on the fence in the sunlight

Bird Of The Day - (Perfect Lighting) - Rook perched on the fence in the sunlight. Galway, Ireland #PerfectLighting #Rook #Birds #BirdOfTheDay #Wildlife #Ireland #Nature #EastCoastKin #Photography #PhotoArt

New bat book coming soon! Going on my list.

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#bats #batbehaviour #batconservation #lovebats #nature #naturalhistory #wildlife

🦇 Please send an email all the details on the link
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🦇 Grey-headed flying foxes are one mobile colony, from Meanjin to Kaurna Country. Essential pollinators, each year travelling and feeding on the nectar, pollen and rainforest fruit of east coast forests. Send an urgent email details on the link 👉🏽
animalsaustralia.org/our-work/wil...

🦇 It's March! Bats may begin to emerge and signs of limited activity can be seen (if you haven't already!). There are small numbers feeding as it gets warmer. In bad weather, they may become torpid again.

@jcodlin.bsky.social

Have you found the bat feed?

WW2 pill boxes in Berkshire to be bat homes, under charity plans Other work will take place at locks across Berkshire, the Canal & River Trust says.

Positive 🦇 story!

#bats #batfacts #batconservation #naturalhistory #nature #britishbats

BBC News - WW2 pill boxes in Berkshire to be bat homes, under charity plans - BBC News
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Only 2 weeks to go!!!

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#bct #slbg #batconservation #bats #britishbats #lovebats

North of England Bat Conference - English Regional Bat Conferences - Bat Conservation Trust "This regional conference was the best conference I have ever attended. The talks were genuinely very interesting and useful for members of both bat gro...

Hopefully see you at some #slbg events!

Are you going to the Northern Bat Conference? 🦇

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YouTube video by Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation Official Full Trailer: Flight From Extinction — the Gray Bat Story

Another 🦇 film. Out May this year!

#bats #batconservation #batecology #wildlife #naturalhistory

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Limestone karst ecology and anthropogenic activities associated with cave-dwelling bats of Southern Shan State, Myanmar Limestone cave systems constitute an important ecological niche supporting numerous bat species in Southeast Asia, with Myanmar, having a particular h…

'Bats play a critical role in ecosystem health...'

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#bats #batconservation #batecology #nature #nationalhistory

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Riparian bats temporally partition foraging at the cold edge of an upslope climate-driven range expansion Climate change is driving many species to shift their distributions polewards and upslope, exposing populations to the challenging abiotic and biotic …

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Female Daubenton's bats share scarce feeding grounds at the edge of their range, study finds At newly colonized high-elevation sites in the central Italian Apennines, female Daubenton's bats take turns using the same hunting spots instead of feeding side by side. A study published by a resear...

More bat research!

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#bats #batbiology #conservation #batresearch #wildlife #nature #naturalhistory

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Tiny recording backpacks reveal bats’ surprising hunting strategy By listening in on their nightly hunts, scientists discovered that small, fringe-lipped bats are unexpectedly able to efficiently take down prey nearly their own size.

Fascinating stuff!

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#bats #batbiology #nature #naturalhistory #batresearch #wildlife

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Very cool 🦇

A cartoon image of a brown long-eared bat with some headphones. The text reads 'Volunteer Bat care Helpline'.

🦇 We are looking for volunteers for the Volunteer Bat Care Helpline, in which volunteers will answer calls from members of the public who have found grounded, injured or lost bats.

More information and how to apply here: www.bats.org.uk/support-bats...

Project Officer, Natur Am Byth! (Swansea Bay’s Stars of the Night) - Swyddog Prosiect Natur Am Byth! (Sêr y Nos Bae Abertawe) - Bat Conservation Trust Fixed term, Home based, Part-time (22.5 hrs/week)£30,000 - £32,000 pro rata depending on experience (£18,000 - £19,200 at 0.6 FTE)

🦇We are recruiting! We are seeking a Project Officer to deliver the last 2 years of the Swansea Bay’s Stars of the Night project, a component of Natur Am Byth!

Fixed term, Home based, Part-time (22.5 hrs/week).

Deadline: 9am, 13 March www.bats.org.uk/the-trust/jo...

Old water tower, now a bat house

If there was a competition for best bat 🦇 house, this would get my nomination. Home to Lesser False Vampire bats…

Black crust like fungi on a tree trunk.

Pale jelly like fungus on a fallen branch.

2 different fungi. Black bobbly fungus on a tree stump and aged bracket fungi on a trunk.

Cream coloured crust fungi on a tree.

Some of the less glamorous fungi I've seen over the last few weeks. North west UK.

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#FungiFriends #MushroomMonday #MycologyMonday #nature #wildlife #fungi

Bracket fungi on a tree stump. Turkey tail? Cream and brown with wavy edges.

Scarlet elf cups on a tree branch. Bright red cup shaped.

Orange brown mushrooms on a tree trunk. Possible velvet shanks.

I think these were oyster mushrooms. Growing on a tree stump but too high for me to get a closer look.

More fungi from Saddleworth, northwest of the UK. Amazing year for scarlet elf cups!

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#FungiFriends #MushroomMonday #MycologyMonday #nature #wildlife #fungi

Let’s protect Microbats ✊

#🦇 #bats #microbats #australianwildlife

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/dennis-china-works-bat-vase-cup-sally-1472993279

🦇 #BatsInArt #PreciousBats #DecorativeArt #British #SallyTuffin
Sally Tuffin (b. 1938) for Dennis Chinaworks
BAT VASE, 20th century
Ceramic

Social calls of pipistrelles contain a lot more information than we think. My review of my 2025 recordings offers up some thoughts and focus for future research. 🦇

🦇 evolution is an amazing feature of life
Biodiversity don’t let human greed f*** this up