Bats without Borders (BwB)
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BwB is dedicated to conserving bats, biodiversity and healthy ecosystems within southern Africaβs changing landscape. Conservation | Applied Research | Capacity Strengthening | Engagement π¦ π¦ π¦
@gbatnet.bsky.social want to hear your experiences with bat policy and legislation. ππ Please complete our short survey below: www.batswithoutborders.org/gbn-bat-poli.... π Closes 15 August 2026. π£οΈ Do share this survey with your network if you can π #batconservation
What is the best way to catch a bat? π¦ By the handle! π Happy #InternationalJokeDay! π πΈ ππΊπ°π΅πͺπ΄ π£π°π€π’π¨πͺπͺ by Natalie Weber #JokeDay #ShareALaugh #Funny #BadJokes #OneLiners
What a wonderful #webinar last week by Dr Helen Taylor-Boyd! Thank you so much, Helen π¦πΏπ² If you missed it you can now watch it on YouTube - along with our previous 60 webinars! www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JFS... #WingedWednesday #batconservation #Zambia
61 - #WingedWednesday webinar with Dr Helen Taylor Boyd
YouTube video by Bats without Borders
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This #ChampionTuesday, we are celebrating the young advocates who attended the the Youth Climate Action Summit in Lusaka last month. BwB attended and the energy and grassroots passion at the summit were inspiring! β¨πβπ±πͺ #youthleadership #youthvoices #SDG13
π THIS WEEK! π Last chance to sign-up to Dr Helen Taylor Boyd's #WingedWednesday #webinar! π www.batswithoutborders.org/webinars.html π Wednesday 24 June π° 3pm SAST/CAT | 2pm BST | 9am EDT | #Zambia #batsinZambia #batconservation
π 1 week to go! π π Sign-up here: www.batswithoutborders.org/webinars.html #WingedWednesday #webinar #bats #batconservation
Shoutout to all the wonderful Kalingalinga Primary School children in Lusaka who are loud and proud about saving bats and the planet this #ChampionTuesday! π£ π¦ π¦ π± #ecokids #protectourplanet #environmentaleducation
@gbatnet.bsky.social want to hear your experiences with bat policy and legislation. ππ Please complete our short survey below: www.batswithoutborders.org/gbn-bat-poli.... π Closes 15 August 2026. π£οΈ Do share this survey with your network if you can π #batconservation
π 2 weeks to go! π We are really looking forward to our June #WingedWednesday #webinar with Dr Helen Taylor-Boyd! π Wednesday 24 June π° 3pm SAST/CAT | 2pm BST | 9am EDT | π β° Check your local timezone π π www.batswithoutborders.org/webinars.html #bats #batconservation #Zambia
This #ChampionTuesday we are celebrating one of our partner schools in Lusaka - Chartonel Community Primary School - who now have 3 bat boxes on site ππ π¦ The headteacher himself got involved and the whole installation was a fantastic team effort! #Conservationinaction #HabitatConnections #Lusaka
In case you missed Taonga Mwale's wonderful webinar last week, worry not - you can now watch it over on our YouTube channel. Taonga's was our 60th π₯³ #WingedWednesday webinar, so plenty more in the archives to rewatch too! #WednesdayWisdom #HabitatConnections #urbannature #Lusaka
60 - #WingedWednesday webinar with Taonga Mwale
YouTube video by Bats without Borders
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π Date for the diary! Dr Helen Taylor-Boyd will be our next #WingedWednesday #webinar speaker π¦ Helen's PhD focussed on Zambian bats and how they use agricultural landscapes. Helen is also a BwB Board Member, and has volunteered with us since 2014. π www.batswithoutborders.org/webinars.html
π TOMORROW! π Last chance to sign-up to Taonga Mwale's #WingedWednesday #webinar! π www.batswithoutborders.org/webinars.html π Wednesday 27 May π° 3pm SAST/CAT | 2pm BST | 9am EDT | #Lusaka #urbanconservation #HabitatConnections
π Raise FREE #donations for us when you shop online π³ at 6,000+ stores with Give as you Live. Plus, earn a bonus donation for bats π¦ when you complete your first shop before 31st May! π Signing up is free, easy and quick: π www.giveasyoulive.com/join/bwb #everydaygiving #shopandraise
Did you know that the science of measurement helps us to conserve bats? ππ¦ This #WorldMetrologyDay, weβre celebrating the precise tools that help us: ultrasonic detectors, anemometers, digital scales and thermal imaging cameras - just to name a few! #measurementmatters
π 1 week to go! π Our May #WingedWednesday #webinar by Taonga Mwale is next week! Taonga is a wildlife ecologist with a background in both conservation field research and eco-tourism. π Wed 27 May π° 3pm SAST/CAT | 2pm BST | 9am EDT | π www.batswithoutborders.org/webinars.html #urbannature #Lusaka
π 2 weeks to go! π In our May #WingedWednesday #webinar, Taonga Mwale will shine a torch on BwB's urban conservation work in Lusaka πΏπ² π Wed 27 May π°οΈ 3pm SAST | 2pm BST | 9am EDT | π β° Remember to adjust for your local timezone π lnkd.in/eTsz5eyQ #HabitatConnections #urbannature #Lusaka
Happy 100th Birthday Sir David Attenborough! π πΊ π π₯ πΏ Thank you for a lifetime of curiosity and dedication to the natural world. And most of all, thank you for inspiring so many of us to act. Kasanka straw-coloured fruit bat migration from 'Life': www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p... #Attenborough100
BBC One - Life, Mammals, Mango fever
A swamp in Zambia houses the biggest bat roost in the world.
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Associate Professor Liam McGuire's #WingedWednesday webinar exploring bat migration last month was terrific! Catch up on our YouTube channel if you missed it or fancy a re-watch π Our 58 previous webinars are there to peruse, too! www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbgM... #WednesdayWisdom #migration
59 - #WingedWednesday webinar with Associate Professor Liam McGuire
YouTube video by Bats without Borders
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Our next #WingedWednesday #webinar π¦ is with Taonga Mwale, BwB's Habitat Connections Project Officer, based in Lusaka, Zambia πΏπ² to hear about our first urban conservation project, in partnership with BirdWatch Zambia. π www.batswithoutborders.org/webinars.html #bats #urbanconservation #Zambia
Our #EarthRaise2026 campaign with #BigGive has now officially closed and our grand total is... π₯π₯π₯ Β£5,350!!! π THANK YOU so much to our supporters and friends this past week, and always π¦ #EarthRaise #batsinbuildings #targetsurpassed
Move aside, Batman! Meet Batmum - the REAL superhero! π¦ΈββοΈ β¨ This #NationalSuperheroDay, show some love for the real Dark Knights! π¦ Cartoon by Rohan Chakravarty, Green Humour
We have reached our target! π A huge thanks to everyone who has supported us with our #BigGive #EarthRaise campaign! π Although donations will no longer be doubled, you can still donate to our Bats in Buildings project π¦π until 12pm BST | 1pm SAST tomorrow: π donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Day 3οΈβ£ of #BigGive #EarthRaise ππ¦ π donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05... How YOU can help! 1. Consider donating to our Bats in Buildings project if you are able and see it DOUBLED for our Bats in Buildings project π π¦ 2. Share with colleagues and friends π #EarthRaise2026 #FundraisingFriday
Happy #WorldBookDay! ππ Weβre #GoingAllIn for bats and the planet with our brand-new co-design book by a youth panel from Ndola Primary School! Drumroll for the title reveal please.. π₯π₯π₯ 'The Beat of a Thousand Wingsβ. π¦ π Official launch: 8 Sept 2026 Today we π₯³ these amazing young authors!
This #EarthDay, the theme #OurPowerOurPlanet reminds us that as we build a clean energy future, we must ensure it doesnβt come at the cost of our bats. How? -smarter siting -installing panels on disturbed land first -slowing turbine blades at peak bat activity times -early ecological assessments
π #BigGive #EarthRaise is now live π₯ π donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05... Donate this Earth Day to our Bats in Buildings project if you can and have it doubled for #batconservation, then share with colleagues and friends π #EarthRaise2026 #EarthDay2026 #bats
Bats don't need GPS - they have 3D sonic mapping! Bat echolocation has inspired sonar technology, robot navigation and the Ultracaneβ’ for the visually impaired. Nature is the best inventor! π₯π‘π πΈ Sally-Ann Hurry #WCID #WorldCreativityandInnovationDay #biomimicry
π£ TOMORROW at 12pm BST | 1pm SAST/CAT π£ Donations will be doubled for 7 days! donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05... π Funds will go to Bats in Buildings - a community science programme to survey bats in the built environment across southern Africa. #BigGive #DonateNow #bats #batconservation
π TOMORROW! π Last chance to sign-up to Liam McGuire's #WingedWednesday #webinar! π www.batswithoutborders.org/webinars.html π Wednesday 22 April π° 3pm SAST/CAT | 2pm BST | 9am EDT | πβ° Remember to adjust for your local time zone! πΈ Brock Fenton #bats #batconservation #migration #batmigration
