Want to know more about our bat roost designs for trees? This is the post for you.
Bat roost creation
Can we create bat roosts in living trees by cutting holes in them? Yes, we can. Read this post to find out more.
Surveying tree for bats; a new hope
Want to improve your chances of finding bats in trees? Maybe trail cameras are the way forward.
Surveying tree for bats; can we do better?
Surveying trees for bats is challenging. But we have come a long way in the last 10 years. Ahead of this year’s Bat Conservation Trust and Arboricultural Association conferences, I …
Springwatch
Did you see us on Springwatch this year? If not, you can catch up on the BBC iPlayer.
Using trail cameras to survey bats in trees – Equipment list
A few people have been asking what equipment we have been using in our research project. If you are not familiar with the project, Sean (Arbology) and I have been …
Creating bat roosts in trees – ARB Magazine article Autumn 2022
Some of our rarest bats are tree-roosting species. It is likely that part of the conservation challenge centers around protecting sufficient numbers of their tree roosts. This is a difficult …
Surveying for bat roosts in trees – ARB Magazine article Summer 2022
Surveying for bat roosts in trees is a challenging task. To improve the efficacy of such surveys we are currently researching whether technology can be used to improve results – …
Improving the future for two tree-dwelling bat species
BATS Research and Training Services has recently secured funding to undertake a five-year research project which aims to improve the future for tree-dwelling bat species, focussing primarily on Bechstein’s and barbastelle bats.