🦇 Bats do not make nests, but choose various places throughout the year to roost. Bats roost in houses, both new and old but some species prefer hollow trees, or caves. In buildings they often shelter behind hanging tiles and boarding or in roof spaces.
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🦇What should you do if you find a bat in need of help?
🏗 Are you working on a building and found bats?
🏠 Want to put up a bat box but don't know where to start?
🌸 How to make your garden more bat friendly?
Our advice pages cover all the above and more: buff.ly/74fXzfM
Did you know we have a substack site, it hosts blogs from far and wide. From fantastic supporters who are fundraising for us through to passionate bat conservationists who want to share their story batconservationtrust.substack.com
🦇 If you still have some training budget you need to spend, check our eLearning courses
Buy now and learn later: www.bats.org.uk/our-work/tra...
Green Jobs For Nature, Routes Into The Sector from @cieem.bsky.social has featured our Director of Communications and Fundraising Joe Nunez Mino www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFaW...
🦇 Do you want to learn how to lead a bat walk? Our next training course is over two afternoons on the 7 and 14 April, online.
More information and how to book here: www.bats.org.uk/our-work/tra...
🦇 There is a diverse range of work carried out - both on the ground and behind the scenes - to help secure the future of bats in our changing world.
Learn more: www.bats.org.uk/our-work
🦇 Joining the Bat Conservation Trust is the ideal way to show your support for bats. By becoming a member, you will be directly helping to protect bats and their habitats.
You can join today with a monthly, yearly or a one off donation: www.bats.org.uk/membership/s...
Two noctules getting inside a tree hole
- During spring/summer female bats tend to prefer warmer roosts to raise their young.
- During winter, bats usually prefer cold roosts to allow them to lower their body temperature to hibernate.
- Different species roost in different places.
Small group of brown long-eared bats roosting in a loft.
🦇 What is a bat roost? Some key points below:
- Bats do not make nests, but choose various places throughout the year to live - aka bat roosts.
- Bats don't stay in the same roost all year round.
- Some individuals can be very loyal to their roosts, often returning to the same roost year after year
🦇 Feeling uninspired for Mother's Day gifts? Check our page for some bat-themed gifts that help bats too: www.bats.org.uk/support-bats... .
From books, clothing, bat boxes, bat detectors and more! All the retailers and small businesses listed donate part of their sales towards bat conservation.
🦇 Still some spaces left in our 'Bats and roost risk management course' over two afternoons online on 23 & 30 March! Book today: www.bats.org.uk/our-work/tra...
Are you ready to learn how to work alongside bats in buildings? Here are four reasons to book.
🦇 Your donations enable us to continue discovering more about bats, take action to protect them, educate people about bats and their environment along with enabling more people to get involved in bat conservation. Every donation makes a difference: www.bats.org.uk/donate/pledge
🦇 We are looking for volunteers for the Volunteer Bat Care Helpline, in which volunteers will answer calls from members of the public who have found grounded, injured or lost bats.
More information and how to apply here: www.bats.org.uk/support-bats...
#Bats 🦇 are an essential part of ecosystems across the world and play a vital role in different habitats, from agricultural landscapes to tropical forests. www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/w...
Many other women have featured on the #podcast which is now on its seventh season. The latest episode has Megan Price and Beth from Margam Park in South Wales and @brihughespoet.bsky.social from @royalholloway.bsky.social
www.buzzsprout.com/680561/episo...
Photo of Shirley Thompson wearing a bat mask
To mark International Women's Day why not listen to the first ever episode of the #BatChat #podcast featuring the amazing Shirley Thompson (our Honorary Education Officer) who has worked in bat conservation for over 40 years and was awarded an MBE for her efforts www.buzzsprout.com/680561/episo...
Happy #InternationalWomensDay . Meet some of the fantastic women working at the Bat Conservation Trust! They share how they got into bat conservation and their top tip for anyone wanting to work with bats!
🦇 Feeling uninspired for Mother's Day gifts? Check our page for some bat-themed gifts that help bats too: www.bats.org.uk/support-bats... .
From books, clothing, bat boxes, bat detectors and more! All the retailers and small businesses listed donate part of their sales towards bat conservation.
🦇 Only 1 space left for our Landscaping for Nature and People course at RHS Wisley on 25 March!
Learn to apply nature based landscaping design principles to master planning to achieve real wins for nature and people!!
More info and to book: www.bats.org.uk/our-work/tra...
🦇 There is a diverse range of work carried out - both on the ground and behind the scenes - to help secure the future of bats in our changing world.
Learn more: www.bats.org.uk/our-work
Happy #InternationalWomensDay . Meet some of the fantastic women working at the Bat Conservation Trust! They share how they got into bat conservation and their top tip for anyone wanting to work with bats!
Many other women have featured on the #podcast which is now on its seventh season. The latest episode has Megan Price and Beth from Margam Park in South Wales and @brihughespoet.bsky.social from @royalholloway.bsky.social
www.buzzsprout.com/680561/episo...
Photo of Shirley Thompson wearing a bat mask
To mark International Women's Day why not listen to the first ever episode of the #BatChat #podcast featuring the amazing Shirley Thompson (our Honorary Education Officer) who has worked in bat conservation for over 40 years and was awarded an MBE for her efforts www.buzzsprout.com/680561/episo...
Bat Chat is my favourite podcast, so I was over the moon when Steve asked to discuss my work exploring the relationship between ecopoetry and conservation engagement! The end of the episode features a recording taken from my echopoetry bat walk at Cambridge Botanical Gardens🦇
Applications are now open for the Living Alongside Bats in Churches Grant www.bats.org.uk/our-work/bui... Deadline 27 April 2026
#WildSummitUK is back this September!
Tickets are available next week so keep your eyes peeled 👀
🦇 Your donations enable us to continue discovering more about bats, take action to protect them, educate people about bats and their environment along with enabling more people to get involved in bat conservation. Every donation makes a difference: www.bats.org.uk/donate/pledge
🦇 Do you want to learn how to lead a bat walk? Our next training course is over two afternoons on the 7 and 14 April, online.
More information and how to book here: www.bats.org.uk/our-work/tra...
#Bats 🦇 are an essential part of ecosystems across the world and play a vital role in different habitats, from agricultural landscapes to tropical forests. www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/w...
