Dave A

Yordas Pot.

Can’t resist a quick cave check in between jobs…

Always good to record a Myotis species other than Daubenton’s and Natterer’s at our swarming site. I think this is only the third record!

View of Littondale showing scale of Ash Crown dieback.

The scale of the impact of Ash Dieback is pronounced in the woods of Littondale in @yorkshiredales.org.uk How this will affect bat populations remains to be seen.

Gail is a UK bat carer, it’ll be well looked after 👍

Published today! Bats and Ladders by George Bemment 🦇

This book captures the remarkable and captivating tales from one woman’s 40-year career spent looking for bats and their roosts.

Learn more and order your copy ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/2p9scyww

#bats #chiroptera #batconservation #memoir

Rare bat species found in Kent - News - Bat Conservation Trust We were delighted to find out that a grey long-eared roost has been recorded in Kent for the first time! The species was last recorded around 40 years ago in Kent, with a grounded bat rescue from Dove...

🦇 We were delighted to find out that a grey long-eared roost has been recorded in Kent for the first time! Read all about it here: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/07...

Noctule bat being released.

I love Noctules. They’re a bat that’s often recorded, pretty common, but in the UK there are still fairly large gaps in our knowledge about them. In the rest of Europe they’re a migratory species, covering up to 1500 kilometres but here 🤷🏻‍♂️ #bats #Chiroptera #research #conservation #ecology

Dr Aaron Corcoran does some amazing work on bats and moths. He is looking for a bat person to work with him in Colorado Springs starting in September. Check the link for more information. This would be an amazing opportunity!
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The effects of climate on bat morphology across space and time According to Bergmann's and Allen's rules, climate change may drive morphological shifts in species, affecting body size and appendage length. These rules predict that species in colder climates tend...

Ever wondered how morphology is affected by climate? Our new paper in Ecography shows sex-specific shifts in body size of European #bats in response to temperature & rainfall across space, but no clear temporal changes due to high variability 🌍🌐🧪

nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Brown Long Eared bat.

Young male Brown Long Eared bat caught yesterday in tube 33B. Tube 33B previous record - 1 BLE on 5th July 2024.

Though she be but little she is fierce

Juvenile Myotis mystacinus. She needs my help but won't be grateful.

#lovebats #batcare

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Definitely!

This year’s Noctule 🦇 pups are well developed already, judging by footage from this morning. I originally set up the Secacam 7 so we knew bats were present at a remote roost before setting off on the 1.5 hour drive to monitor them, but the insight into how bats are using this roost is so valuable

Seasonal Fattening Among Bat Populations Globally: Storing Energy for Survival in a Changing World Bats fatten to cope in environments with seasonal energy shortages, gaining more weight in seasonally cold climates and in tropical climates with highly seasonal rainfall. In cold climates, females l...

Seasonal Fattening Among Bat Populations Globally: Storing Energy for Survival in a Changing World - Wu - 2025 - Ecology Letters - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🦇 Are you a part of teaching staff? Please help us and answer our brief survey: forms.office.com/e/jmqWtrD1WB

We are developing a new project relating to nature and bats and would welcome your insights! There will be a link for free bat-related learning resources at the end of the survey 🙂

Page from a user manual

Page from a user manual explaining USB-C cabling

Page from a user manual explaning Lightning cabling

Page from a user manual explaining Lightning to USB On-the-Go adapters.

Maybe you can tell I'm a touch impatient because of the number of stupid cable questions I've had to answer and the number of stupid "Why doesn't it work? I bought the right cable" problems I've had to diagnose over the last few months.

Bat fans who are cable challenged - this one's for you ❤️

Good example of a healing bat wing membrane. New white skin forming around the holes. Eventually they will close up completely but the skin will always be paler in those areas.
#lovebats #batcare 🦇

Whose poo?
New research shows bats are more likely to investigate new home if it smells of a friend's poo.
Hmm. Let's not try this at home humans!
🦇💩 #bats #nature #wildlife @batconservation.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🦇 National Bat Conference 2025 - early-bird tickets available until 15 June: lnkd.in/efYfTFM . Grab yours while you can!

We are excited to welcome Dr Ricardo Rocha, Associate Professor of Conservation Science at University of Oxford to give the Keynote talk!

#NatBatConf

A group of Natterer’s bats in a swarming site.

Interesting result on today’s survey. A cluster of Natterer’s 🦇 #bats in the same tube a group of young of year males were observed in last swarming season. Have they arrived early to claim the spot ready for swarming this season?

@birdingdad.bsky.social Just read the good news about Park Gill, can we have a chat sometime about bats and swarming sites up there…

Interesting development, just keeps getting better 👍

Labour MPs poised to rebel over planning bill amid concerns for nature Ministers understood to be drawing up amendments to bill to try to head off threatened rebellion by two dozen MPs

I urge the Government to back my Planning & Infrastructure Bill amendments.

We were promised a win-win for nature and growth - we got a developer’s charter that will destroy nature.

Let’s change course and deliver for workers and wildlife.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

@ramoneskaraoke.bsky.social Hi Phil, do you know what the new port is for on the Apodemus PippyG?

Maybe they’ve realised how much this will alienate their traditional supporters…

First visit back the the Kiln, and it looks like Daubenton’s 🦇 101E has an infected muzzle.

Just received the new Apodemus PippyG. There’s an interesting new port added, but what is it for?

Hedgehog

One perk of bat surveying is the number of incidental wildlife records you amass. Last night we were treated to Short Eared Owls, Curlews, Ostercatcher, Lapwing, Brown Hare and Hedgehogs aplenty on the way home. Yorkshire Dales, you spoilt us…

Two distinct host-specialized fungal species cause white-nose disease in bats - Nature The identification of two cryptic species of the fungal pathogen that causes white-nose disease in bats highlights the need to integrate studies of genetic variability in pathogens into disease survei...

Two distinct host-specialized fungal species cause white-nose disease in bats

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This study shows that there are two distinct lineages responsible for white-nose disease. They co-occur throughout Europe in sympatry but show different host specialisation.