We are a small voluntary group working throughout the Greater London area to protect & enhance it’s bat populations 🦇 Bat in trouble? Helpline: 0345 1300 228
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If you find a bat:
🦇 On the ground
🦇 In an exposed area during the day
🦇 Caught by a cat
🦇 Baby without mum
Follow the advice below and call the @_BCT_ National Bat Helpline 0345 1300 228 (UK only).
bats.org.uk/advice/help-ive-…
Reminder to all members of tonight's AGM meeting at 7pm. Please check your emails for the meeting details, see you there! 😊🦇
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Sunday out with @LondonBatGroup counting hibernating bats in unused railway tunnels in Highgate 🔦. Recorded Daubenton’s bats, natterers bats, brown long eared bats and common pipistrelles 🤩 #batmonitoring
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Nominations for the VBRV Training for
Trainers course are now OPEN until 15 January 2024!
If you are a level 1 VBRV and want to become a trainer, please speak to your trainer/bat group 💪
All the details are here: shorturl.at/nDTW7 🦇🏠⛪️ – at England, United Kingdom
Happy New Year!!
2024 promises to be a brilliant year for London Bat Group, with plenty of exciting plans in store! 👀
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#HappyNewYear ! 2024 is here!
Bats are still hibernating, which is a state of inactivity characterised by lower body temperature, slower breathing, and lower metabolic rate. They will slowly start waking up in Spring when temperatures increase and insects are around.
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Anyone else have bat themed #Christmas decorations? Do please share photos of them with us.
These are a small sample of the ones in our office
Cast your mind back 500 years...
New research has found that the historic decline of barbastelles is linked to widespread tree felling for ship building! 🤯
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theguardian.com/environment/…
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Don’t miss our #Halloween fun: ow.ly/TTTg50Q0x3Q And be sure to visit Rainforest Life, home to amazing animals including ‘flying foxes’! 🦇
Every Zoo visit helps fund our conservation work to protect species under threat around the world.
#BatWeek #BooAtTheZoo
Important information for wildlife around bonfire night
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If you're celebrating #Halloween or Guy Fawkes night with a bonfire, only build the fire on the day it's to be lit!
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Always check for young children, hedgehogs & other animals including pets, before lighting.
❗#sharetomakeaware - save the lives of #hedgehogs & other wildlife.
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A #batpoem for your enjoyment, by Anna Ferguson Montague
Happy Baturday.
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I bring you the velvety fruit-eating bat from Ecuador. The name says it all really! This gorgeous guy is a key fruit eater and seed disperser, critical to rainforest regeneration. #bats #Conservation
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October is here! More mating is taking place, and building up fat reserves is becoming crucial to survive the winter season. Bats are seeking suitable hibernation sites, and beginning periods of torpor.
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Join us this Sunday at 5pm when we will be kicking off #BatFest with artist @MaisyInston teaching us how to draw a bat and sharing some interesting bat facts in our Sketch-a-bat session.
Free event - everyone is welcome
Book here: bats.org.uk/events/batfest-s…
#lovebats
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Last night, @GGRichmon ran, walked and cycled along the @RiverThames with @LondonBatGroup to survey the bat population.
Using special monitors, they counted several 100 bats with all the data recorded for a scientific study with the @_BCT_ 🦇 #GoGoodGetFIt @RaleighBikes_UK
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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. Four of the UK’s 17 breeding bat species are red listed as being at risk of extinction. Learn more about UK bat species: buff.ly/3ubI3Cz
