To all those heading to the National Bat Conference this weekend, I hope you have a productive a d enjoyable time. #NatBatConf #lovebats

Bat Conservation Trust@batconservation.bsky.social · 4d ago

🦇We're on countdown mode; the National Bat Conference is this weekend! We're really grateful for our Gold Sponsors for helping this event come to life and we want you to learn more about them and why they support our work. To get us started... Meet BioSonic and Josef Carlson. #NatBatConf

🦇🦇🦇 Basking on the warm floor of his temporary home, the little long eared bat has increased his weight to over 8g this morning. That's a 65% increase in less than four days. Don't they know how to grab that second chance? Even I am surprised. 😅 Release tomorrow night. #lovebats #batcare

🦇🦇🦇 The bright lights of Bowness town centre lured this Brown long-eared youngster out of his woodland home. Desperately thin when rescued at 4.87g. He drank puppy milk, ate a waxworm and now thinks he doesn't need me anymore. He will be here a while, I'd say he's misinformed. 😅 #lovebats #batcare

🦇 It's that time of year when young, naïve bats turn up in places they would be better off steering clear of. Any bat that is on the ground or out in the open might need help. Thanks to Claire from AC Gallery in Kendal who found out who to call, this girl will be lucky .... #lovebats #batcare

🦇 Want to help us win £1,000 ? All you have to do is nominate the Bat Conservation Trust here: movementforgood.com/draws/1000/?... . All you have to do is add your contact details. Please share. As a thank you, here is a cute photo of a brown long-eared bat (c) Hugh Clark

🦇🦇🦇 "I'm a tired and hungry bat so I will just sit in your hand and eat your food" So easy to help sometimes 🥰 Juvenile female Myotis brandtii #lovebats #batcare

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🦇 I've cared for a lot of bats of different species over 30 years. But is there anything to beat a dinky juvenile soprano pipistrelle? #lovebats #batcare #cuteness

🦇 Did you know brown long-eared bats love perching in their favourite spot and eat moths? They are not so keen on the wings though... This photo, taken by Mike Mullis, is a collection of moth wings left by a brown long-eared bat from underneath its feeding roosts in his barn in East Sussex (cont)

🦇 I hope your day is going better than this little guy. Note: he's off the trap, tired and sore but I hope he'll recover. You can avoid trapping bats and birds by placing the sticky trap inside a cage bird feeder. #lovebats #batcare

🦇🦇🦇 Four week old pipistrelle "Hey, I got wings!" #batcare #lovebats

🦇 This girl pipistrelle is about five weeks old and weighs 4.75g which tells me she had a good start and was doing well. Until a cat took her home. 😔 Massive haematoma on her wrist. We will do our best to get her a second chance. #lovebats #batcare #keepyourcatinatnight

🦇 "I put all the dead things under a bush" said the cat lady. Still alive next evening, he came into care, body full of air (cat claw puncture). A lovely vet technician drew it off with fine needle. He's svelte again but very grumpy about the whole experience. Well you would be. #batcare #lovebats

Meet Sooty 🦇 Lucky to be rescued from woodburner. Noise heard was actually a starling & Sooty was just a lucky bystander. Both rescued safely, starling showed no gratitude & flew off in a panic. Sooty gratefully & calmly sipped rehydration fluid offered. Poor thirsty boy. #lovebats #batcare

🦇 The moment a mother bat finds her lost pup, tells it off for wandering before flying back home with it hanging on tight ... #lovebats #batcare

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Gail Armstrong@gailbatlady.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We monitored our boiler house soprano pipistrelles last night. Sunset 21:40 First bat 21:11 All done by 22:04 Final Total 394 bats emerged Text books tell us that they will *start* emerging 15-20 minutes after sunset. Our feisty little soprano pips care not for books #lovebats #NBMP

We monitored our boiler house soprano pipistrelles last night. Sunset 21:40 First bat 21:11 All done by 22:04 Final Total 394 bats emerged Text books tell us that they will *start* emerging 15-20 minutes after sunset. Our feisty little soprano pips care not for books #lovebats #NBMP

If you can't do a lot, do something. Three years between these photos and so much life has arrived. #loveponds #dosomething

Though she be but small, she is fierce. A typical whiskered bat, does not yet realise she needs my help. Or appreciate my efforts. So gorgeous. 🥰🦇 #lovebats #batcare

First year of life is tough for any bat. Probably born last June, this one was a tad under 4g when found wedged behind a pipe at ground level. Now she knows that mealworms are food, she will get a second chance to thrive and could live more than 30 years. Remarkable bat. #lovebats #batcare 🦇

🦇 🥰 Tonic immobility aka "playing dead" can happen when an exhausted bat feels threatened. It's one way to make a predator lose interest. This little guy doesn't yet know I'm his friend. #yougotafriendinme #batcare #lovebats

🦇🥰🦇 Bat care can be hard but it can be brilliant too. Beautiful ♂️ noctule bat came in two days ago, found with torn wing membrane. Fed himself from a dish on night 1, gaining weight and has started healing process already (new white skin along edge). Go on bro, make my job easy 😊#lovebats #batcare

🦇 We've teamed up with DontSendMeACard.com where you can support our work by donating what it would have cost to send cards. There are some lovely Valentine's Day e-cards here: buff.ly/PODaBxQ

🦇 A new episode of our #podcast #BatChat is coming this Wednesday, 11 Feb! Not long to wait now. Catch up with the last episode or your favourites here: www.bats.org.uk/resources/ba...

This beautiful Noctule bat found on the ground with a damaged wing. He's settled in well, I just caught him eating "second breakfast" .... 😅🦇 #lovebats #batcare

There’s got to be some weird stuff going on in that Pintails head #wheresacuta

Wild Beijing@wild-beijing.bsky.social · 7mo ago

There are few Baikal Teal (Sibirionetta formosa 花脸鸭 Huāliǎn yā) wintering at the Yellow River estuary in Shandong Province. Photo by "菜小hua". #birds #china #yellowriver

🦇 We've teamed up with DontSendMeACard.com where you can support our work by donating what it would have cost to send cards. There are some lovely Valentine's Day e-cards here: www.dontsendmeacard.com/ecards/chari...

Please sign up to DontSendMeACard ...... you know it makes sense. 🦇

Bat Conservation Trust@batconservation.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🦇 We've teamed up with DontSendMeACard.com where you can support our work by donating what it would have cost to send cards. There are some lovely Valentine's Day e-cards here: www.dontsendmeacard.com/ecards/chari...

It's the season when bat workers survey for hibernating bats. In caves, tunnels and even bat boxes We came back muddy, cold and bramble-bashed but we had a great day. #lovebats #hibernation 🦇🦇🦇

Broken leg has been pinned & Peregrine being cared for by expert rehabbers. Fingers crossed. #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/01/18/u...

Update on the shot Peregrine in Strabane, Northern Ireland

Last weekend the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) issued an appeal for information following the discovery of an injured Peregrine that had been shot and was found in a garden on Station R…

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