There are 1,500 scientifically described species of bat in the world, each plays a unique role in the ecosystems where they are found. In the UK we have 18 resident species all of which eat insects. Four of the British mammals at highest risk of extinction are bats. www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/w...

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 ...

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Nature is humanity’s lifeline. It is vital to human health, food, economies, and well-being. Yet nature is in crisis. Keep up with ongoing #ForNature efforts from UNEP and partners: https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/news/spotlight-nature-and-biodiversity

Just now in #NocmigWebinar from @wildlifeacoustics.com to expanding datascience together with bat surveys and citizen science too. Big migrations closer to us throught NFC’s. You won’t go to sleep without knowing one more thing. Looking forward to the new #SongMeter5 units!

Amazing talk by Laura Torrent at our bat group AGM on her work in Equatorial Guinea. Hours of examining bat specimens stored at the Doñana Biological Station (EBD-CSIC), Sevilla, Spain, to analysing field and genetic data from various locations in Equatorial Guinea. 🦇🖤🦇 #bats #batconservation

South Lancashire Bat Group AGM tonight including a talk by Laura Torrent who, with her team, discovered the 1500th Bat species, Pipistrellus etula! Looking forward to an evening of batty goodness! 🦇🖤🦇 Picture taken during licenced bat box checks with SLBG. #bats #lovebats #batconservation

🦇 Bat monitoring in #Catalonia www.ratpenats.org

Don't buy 'curiosities' made of dead bats! Online stores including Amazon and Google shop are still openly selling these items, a year after we highlighted the problem. Trade in Endangered species needs to stop. #wildlife #bats #nature 🌍 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🌟 1 week to go! 🌟 We are looking forward to our #wingedwednesday #webinar about Laura Torrent's work on the taxonomy and ecological roles of bats in Equatorial Guinea! 📅 Wednesday 22nd October ⏰ 3pm southern Africa | 2pm UK | 9am EDT 🔗 www.batswithoutborders.org/webinars.html 📸 Joxerra Aihartza

#BREAKINGNEWS 🦇🌍 The world now has 1,500 recognized bat species! 🎉 The global list at www.batnames.org just hit this milestone. New bats are found through fieldwork in remote places & genetic discoveries. Amazing biodiversity news! #Bats #Biodiversity #BatsNeedFriends

Estel Blanch 🇪🇸 talks about using DNA 🧬 metabarcoding to see if there are overlap in feeding of fishing 🎣 bats 🦇 @ibrc2025.bsky.social #ibrc2025

Alba Coronado Gomis 🇪🇸 also speaks on her assessment of 🦇 impact on renewable energy in Europe. She looked at what is “normal” bat activity via acoustic monitoring 🎤 as an evaluation tool to create thresholds 📈 of potential impact @ibrc2025.bsky.social #ibrc2025

A Call to Protect Common Species: Bats as a Case Study conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A Call to Protect Common Species: Bats as a Case Study

The ongoing biodiversity crisis highlights the need for targeted conservation efforts, yet the focus often remains on rare and endangered species. This overlooks the vital role of common species, whi....

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I am going to share my last fieldwork week in here, as a homage to my lost camera, which got RIPed during the process! Goodbye old friend, you will be deeply missed! 💔😢

Have you ever wondered how social media posts enhance public interest in a citizen science project? Get some good ideas from the newly published paper by @dlobo-wildlife.bsky.social & Co 🦇 ⬇️⬇️ link.springer.com/article/10.1... @batconservation.bsky.social @batcon.org @batswborders.bsky.social

How do social media posts enhance public interest in a citizen science project? Insights from the Bat Monitoring Programme - European Journal of Wildlife Research

Citizen science has become an essential tool to gather vast amounts of environmental data worldwide. While the power of social media for marketing campaigns is well documented, few studies have focuse...

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Un artículo en Nature presenta el concepto de #DiversidadOscura: especies ausentes localmente pese a ser ecológicamente adecuadas. En 5415 sitios de 119 regiones, en áreas con baja huella humana, solo estaban presentes el 35 % de las especies adecuadas: ▶️ rdcu.be/eglMF #biodiversidad 👇

The first speaker at #SEBatConf is @jackhooker.bsky.social who has been reviewing the evidence of the impact of off-shore wind farms on bats. Bats are often not considered in the way farms are positioned and managed

This is a pivotal moment for bat conservation, and we need your help. URGENT: Planning bill threatens bat conservation – ACT NOW www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/03...

URGENT: Planning bill threatens bat conservation – ACT NOW - News - Bat Conservation Trust

We are reaching out to you at a critical moment for bat conservation in England

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👏Bats 👏Are👏Economically👏IMPORTANT!👏 $3.39-$8/ha - that's the calculated value of bats foraging over rice crops in Mexico. BATS ARE ECONOMICALLY IMPORTANT.🦇🌎🧪🦊 www.sciencedirect.com/.../pii/S016....

Las cajas para #murciélagos son una medida de #conservación popular, pero su instalación masiva podría ser contraproducente para algunas especies vulnerables debido a la competencia por nichos #quirópteros #quiropterología @gbif.org 👇