Bat Conservation Trust

Our social media pages are here for you to be able to interact with BCT and other bat enthusiasts as well as to provide you with information about bats. It's also an opportunity for you to get involved and contribute to bat conservation. buff.ly/49X3NGQ

I am so absolutely chuffed! The dedication and time that Roger has put into the horseshoe bat colony has always been inspiring and I’m so grateful to have been involved the past few years. This is so well deserved ☺️🦇

Dr Roger Ransome has been studying a roost of greater horseshoe bats at Woodchester Mansion since 1959, the longest continuous study of a mammal by a single individual anywhere in the world! You can hear all about this in this #BatChat episode: batchat.buzzsprout.com/680561/episode…

Congratulations to Dr Roger Ransome who has been awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) for ‘Services to Bat Conservation’! He has been studying bats for nearly 70 years! #NewYearHonoursList #BatConservation

There are over 1,400 species of bats in the world, making up 1/5 of all mammal species and 1/4 of British mammals. Bats play an important role in many habitats around the world. buff.ly/3ubI3Cz Images (c) @JimJourdane

We have a range of memberships available. Its a great way to support our work and add your voice to ours as we work collaboratively to achieve our vision of a world rich in wildlife where bats and people thrive together buff.ly/3B5pBPd #BatsNeedFriends

Scroll through our news section for some of 2024's highlights: bats.org.uk/news?year=2024 . What was your bat-related highlight of the year? Did you tick a new species of your list? Or maybe you learned something new and interesting about bats? Do let us know in the comments 👇

2024 is coming to an end and what a year it has been! From launching our first manifesto for bat conservation and our new strategy, through to raising much needed funds for our research and science work and the National Bat Helpline. bats.org.uk/news/p2?year=2…

Bats are long-lived mammals which reproduce slowly: each female can only produce one baby per year and not all females will have babies each year. For this reason their populations are very slow to grow or recover their numbers. buff.ly/3fyG3uW

What was your favourite issue of Bat News of 2024? Was there a feature that was a particular highlight for you? We're already planning content for 2025 so let us know! All comments and suggestions are welcome.

Bats and the park...... resources from the Bat Conservation Trust......#bats

Our 9th most popular paper, published in #BiologyLetters, found that vampire #bats are able to burn amino acids as a fuel source in a similar way to blood-sucking insects, by measuring their metabolism (whilst they ran on treadmills!): ow.ly/nMwC50UtZcy #RSPopPapers 🦇

If you have received any unwanted presents or maybe you are having a pre new year clear out, you can help bat conservation by selling on eBay.co.uk and donating all or part of the sale. You can also recycle items & generate donations to bats: buff.ly/3VNDux5

Hope everyone has had a lovely Christmas! We have four more fabulous talks coming up in 2025. Here are some dates for your diary.

Have you explored our new eLearning platform? We are pleased to offer new courses, modules and other educational content that can be purchased and completed at any time. We are developing more courses and modules so check here for updates: buff.ly/3ZH9Ef0

Whether you've just discovered you have a bat roost, have had a known bat roost for a while or are just curious about what having bats means this page is for you: buff.ly/3xeeqjy . It's designed to help answer your questions and offer advice and support.

@PaulDooley17 Thank you for sending your application. Unfortunately due to a high volume of applications and our limited capacity/resources we can only notify candidates successful to interview stage.

@_BCT_ Thanks for not replying to any of the job applications I have sent in. Not Even one this year and last year..

Bats wishes for #Christmas and New Year, from everyone at Bat Conservation Trust!

@PaulDooley17 Thank you for sending your application. Unfortunately due to a high volume of applications and our limited capacity/resources we can only notify candidates successful to interview stage.

@_BCT_ You received my applications but chose not to let me know.

Have you received any bat-themed #Christmas presents?! Do let us know 😊 Photo: lesser horseshoe bat

@RamonesKaraoke Hi Phil, the bat monitoring team are working on it 😉

@_BCT_ I see you haven't updated the bat detectors information page for a while. It would be great if you did 😀

Have you received a bat detector this year but have no idea what to do with it? Visit our bat detectors page to know all about the different types and how to get started: buff.ly/3Io1n5I

Looking forward to 2025 👀 #BatsNeedFriends #LoveBats buff.ly/4foIgbm