Searching Bat Features with Endoscope
Using an endoscope to search features for bats and bat evidence is a very useful tool to ecologists carrying out...
Horseshoe Bats
Greater and Lesser Horseshoe bats are the only bats in the UK from the Rhinolophidae family. It is often said...
Bats Roost in Barns
Bats often roost in barns and a simple visual check is not sufficient to discover roosting locations. We recently carried...
UK bats hibernate in trees too!
Bat species in the UK often hibernate underground in disused tunnels, mineshafts and old Ice Houses, but they also...
Egyptian Fruit Bats
We were recently lucky enough to travel overseas to do some roost counts of Egyptian Fruit Bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) We don’t...
Noctule, Britain’s Largest Bat
This Noctule was discovered on one of our Bat Box monitoring sessions with one of our local Bat Groups. Noctules...
Natterer’s Bat in Hibernation
All of the UKs bat species hibernate, a state known as torpor. This enables them to survive when cold...
Bat Emergence (Common Pipistrelle)
A Common Pipistrelle emerges from a small gap just above the left-hand window during one of our emergence surveys.
What are the guidelines for building a bat box?
There are many instructions available detailing how to build bat boxes. But it is important to understand that once a...
Do I need a bat survey for planning permission?
If you are applying for planning permission, you may need a bat survey if your proposed development is likely to...