The Baltic Bat Migration Forecast

✨ Naktī uz otrdienu noslēdzām ikgadējo augusta/septembra migrējošo 🦇 uzskaiti: murdā identificēti kopā 15 670 sikspārņi! /✨ Tuesday was the last night for counting migratory bats in LV! In total 15 670 bats were cought & IDed! 📷 Pigmejsikspārnis (Pipistrellus pygmaeus)

In the last month, a total of 13,478 bats were caught. #bats #animalmigration More on oliverlindecke.org/batcast24/

2024/09/08-09 #35  The wind is forecasted to come from the southeast, yet with moderate intensity of 6 m/s. This may lead to fewer bats flying in the dunes and more passing by the trap on the seaside instead. (...) More on oliverlindecke.org/batcast24/ #bats

2024/09/06-07 #33 It remains warm with a drop to 18°C. Easterly winds with up to 4 m/s are forecasted but a shift to southeast is expected for the 2nd half of the night. We might see a strong migration. #bats

Midnight update: The night began rather quietly, with only 3 bats in the trap. Trapping was paused. (…) 5 o’clock update: During the 2nd acoustic count, bat activity peaked at 16 bats per 3 minutes, prompting the team to return to the trap (…) More on oliverlindecke.org/batcast24/ 🦇

2024/09/05-06 #32 Like yesterday, it will remain warm (…) after sunset, there was no wind at our site. How these conditions will affect bat migration tonight remains unclear. More on oliverlindecke.org/batcast24/ #bats

@BatTed_1000 Thank you for your interest! We could start providing some statement perhaps. Details are matters of research programmes and projects + it’s a lot of info to be put in the cast. We’ll think it through! Maybe reporting striking imbalances could be interesting.

@BatCastEchoes Curious about sex ratios. If its not too much trouble can you report on those too? Or provide a statement in overall summary.

Piedāvājam ieskatīties 👀nakts kņadā 🦇 uzskaites naktī sikspārņu murdā 🌙✨ / ENG: a sneak peek into the nightly🌙buzz during 🦇 bat monitoring at the Pape Station at the Baltic Sea coast in Latvia 🇱🇻

Quasi-live updates from Europe’s largest animal migration! Thousands of #bats are migrating through Pape on the Baltic Sea coast in Latvia. Follow us for insights, and help spread the word by sharing and liking—this natural spectacle deserves attention! 🦇🌍 #Migration #BatCast

2024/09/04-05 #31 (...) temperatures expected to drop to 19°C. (...) Midnight update: (...) The usual peak of "first flyers" after sunset could not be observed (...) 7 o'clock update: (...) we caught nearly 2x as many #bats as yesterday (...) More on oliverlindecke.org/batcast24/

11 o'clock update: There were only a few bats after sunset, and now it is silent. (…) 7 o’clock update: (…) In total, 206 bats from 4 species were caught. More on oliverlindecke.org/batcast24/

‼️ From now on, we are reporting quasi-LIVE‼️ 2024/09/03-04 #30 Weather conditions are expected to be relatively mild with temperatures reaching 17°C. Regional weather forecasts indicate the possibility of E or SE winds of 3-4 m/s. More on oliverlindecke.org/batcast24/

2024/09/01-02 #28 The temperatures will stay >15°C, winds will blow from the northeast in the 1st half of the night but are forecasted to shift southeast coming with a light breeze. We might expect a strong influx of bats, (...) More on oliverlindecke.org/batcast24/

2024/08/29-30 #25 The temperatures remain relatively high, above 17°C, but there is no cloud cover. (...) 6 o’clock update: (...) In total, 2175 bats from 5 species were caught. More on oliverlindecke.org/batcast24/

2024/08/27-28 #23  The weather will not be ideal for catching bats, however, the trap is up and ready. 5 o’clock update: In total, 133 bats from 2 species have been caught: Pnat and Ppyg. More on oliverlindecke.org/batcast24/

2024/08/23-24 #19 Storm, strong wind >9 m/s from the sea and the south, with strong gusts of wind. The trap is down. 3 o‘clock update: Some bats were migrating despite the winds, but further inland. More on oliverlindecke.org/batcast24/

2024/08/19-20 #15 Monday. The wind will shift to the southeast, increasing our chances of seeing many bats; the trap is pulled up again. However, the wind strength may be slightly too weak for a mass migration (>1,000 bats) near ground level. More on oliverlindecke.org/batcast24/

2024/08/16-17 #12 The wind will blow with an ideal orientation from SW in the first part of the night but is assumed to change later. Midnight update: With one bat per minute in the mean, (...) More on oliverlindecke.org/batcast24/

2024/08/15-16 #11 The wind will blow with an ideal orientation and strength for bat catching. Midnight update: More than 1,000 bats are caught already. In total from 5 species. More on... oliverlindecke.org/batcast24/

2024/08/12-13 #8 Monday. Clear sky with the occasional cloud. Half-moon bright after dusk, setting before midmight. Aurora visible over central Latvia in first half of the night. More on... oliverlindecke.org/batcast24/