Ancient Woodland doesn’t mean the trees are ancient It means trees have been there undisturbed for thousands of years, & at least since consistent national records started in the 17th Century It’s the soil that is ancient The ghosts of the dying & the dead feeding the living

High Speed: Natterer's youtu.be/o5-QIR4bgbM?si… via YouTube

Brown Long-Eared Bat (Plecotus auritus) Maternity Roost youtu.be/U02tVsUYKFw?si… via YouTube

High Speed Lesser Horseshoe youtu.be/tvjCQoS46fI?si… via YouTube

#BatAppreciationMonth #BatsInArt #PreciousBats #Australian #Aboriginal Attributed to Jimmy Midjaw Midjaw (1897 - 1985) UNTITLED (FLYING FOXES AND ROCK PYTHON), ca. 1960 Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

#BatAppreciationMonth #BatsInArt #PreciousBats #Haitian #Contemporary Hervé Télémaque (1937 - 2022) CHAUVE-SOURIS, 2001 Charcoal and pencil on paper

Active predation by brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) on bats at urban ma... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

핸드폰 배경&잠금 화면이 박쥐 사진인데, 어제 친구가 내 폰을 스윽 가져가서 켰다가 화면의 박쥐랑 눈이 마주치고 흠칫하더니 스르륵 내 폰을 도로 내려놓음. 아무래도 노골적인 박쥐 사진이라…보통은 부담스러워할만하긴 했음 머쓱;; 사진을 바꿔야되나

Everything you know about vampire bats is a lie! Okay, well they do drink blood, but who hasn’t? Let’s look at their good qualities. 🩸 cute 🩸 great friends 🩸 wonderful mothers 🩸 regurgitate blood for each other

Artificial bat roosts can overheat during heatwaves, forcing bats to lose dangerous amounts of water to stay cool. Some batbox designs could cause lethal dehydration - even in northern regions. Roost design must consider both bat physiology & microclimate. journals.biologists.com/jeb/article-ab…

Call for evidence: impacts of solar farms on bats bats.org.uk/news/2025/10/c…

#FridayResearch Standardized protocols for monitoring 🦇 in #caves are very important. Dont miss this 📄 by Giulliana Appel et al. assessing the efficiency of methods for 🦇 cave monitoring & testing the optimal placement of 🔊 in these ecosystems. 🔎📄link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Pipistrellus kuhlii have a dinner🐛🦇

This is an absolute no-brainer Steve Reed Why won't you mandate Swift bricks in new builds? Save one swift today, and save a species tomorrow.

One of the UK’s Rarest Bats Found in Record Numbers at Seaton Wetlands wildeastdevon.co.uk/news/one-of-th…

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Frozen in Time: The Hidden Bat Caves Beneath the Himalayas | BBC Earth youtu.be/AMWS_YdIXRg?si… via YouTube

Developers encroach on 2,000-year-old Devon wetland citing ‘blockages’ to Labour’s housing plans ⁦I could weep. Why destroy this ancient, vital & precious habitat for housing ⁦The Labour Party⁩? ⁦Chris Hinchliff MP⁩ ⁦Chris Packham⁩ theguardian.com/environment/20…

‘It’s madness’: bat enthusiasts fear planning bill will derail years of conservation | Conservation | The Guardian theguardian.com/environment/20…

Roost Disturbance and Predation: Agama Lizard (Agama sp.) Preying on Slit‐Faced Bats (Nycteris sp.) in Zakouma National Park, Chad - Bussière - 2025 - Ecology and Evolution - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…