Tayside Bat Group

TBG members out surveying a brown long eared bat roost for the National Bat Monitoring Programme (NBMP) 😀

Discover your local bats - an introduction to the NBMP FREE training on how to survey for bats, followed by a bat walk to practice identifying local species!

Discover Your Local Bats workshop coming to Blairgowrie on Sat 24th May!

No experience necessary and ideal for learning a bit about bats and how to take part in citizen science surveying and monitoring them in your local area/garden 😀

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Come along to the community centre in Auchterarder today to the Gardening for Wildlife event where we have a bat stall and will be giving a talk about gardening for your bats about lunchtime. There is even a free lunch and some excellent cakes 😁🦇

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 😁

Putting up bat boces today in a local graveyard 😀 Thank nto Tayside Biodiversity Partnership for the boxes donation

🦇 Start thinking about how you can turn your garden into a bat haven, so it's ready for bats when they start waking up in spring! After months of hibernation they will need all the food they can get.
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Hope for our rarest UK bat - News - Bat Conservation Trust Two exciting discoveries have been reported in the last week about our rarest bat species, the greater mouse-eared bat.

🦇 In case you missed it... Not one, but two new greater mouse-eared bat have been found https://buff.ly/42wNb7l...

Is the government’s planning reform bad for bats? - News - Bat Conservation Trust Planning reforms risk devastating impacts to bats, here's what we're doing about it and how you can help.

🦇 (1/2) In response to the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s speech today: we believe that blaming the laws that protect bats, newts and other wildlife, as well as our wider environment, for planning delays is short sighted and misguided.

🦇 There are over 1,400 species of bats in the world, making up 1/5 of all mammal species and 1/4 of British mammals. Bats play an important role in many habitats around the world: https://buff.ly/3ubI3Cz
Images (c) Jim Jourdane

Four of the 11 Red Listed British mammals at risk of national extinction are bats #reversetheredday www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/t...

🔬 This study reveals that bats have more genetic adaptations in immune-related genes than any other mammals. One key player is the ISG15 gene, which, in certain bat species, can reduce SARS-CoV-2 production by up to 90%—highlighting their exceptional antiviral defense mechanisms

Is the government’s planning reform bad for bats? - News - Bat Conservation Trust Planning reforms risk devastating impacts to bats, here's what we're doing about it and how you can help.

🦇 Is the government’s planning reform bad for bats? Planning reforms risk devastating impacts to bats, here's what we're doing about it and how you can help: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/01...

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

Education & Engagement - Our Work - Bat Conservation Trust Bats are great at connecting people with their environment. BCT has developed a range of resources for teachers, voluntary groups, community leaders or ...

🦇 Today is #InternationalDayOfEducation ; explore some of the amazing resources we have for teachers, voluntary groups, community leaders or anyone who wants to inspire people about bats here: www.bats.org.uk/our-work/edu...

Greater mouse-eared bat population doubles - to 2! “This is a hugely important discovery” - News - Bat Conservation Trust We are delighted to hear the good news that the population of Britain’s rarest mammal - the greater mouse-eared bat - has doubled from one known individual to two!

🦇 You can read more about the discovery of a second greater mouse-eared bat in Sussex here: www.bats.org.uk/news/2023/01...

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