If you have a rural site and are planning a building or development project, the sooner you know if bats are present, the sooner we can make a plan.

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🦇 How to detect and survey bats
Last week we hosted a brilliant bat training evening at Tayvallich led by Ross Preston and Jani from Rowan Ecology. Over 20 locals learned to use thermal cameras, audio sensors and specialist equipment to spot bats emerging at dusk.

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Some shots of a recent #BatSurvey - pipistrelle soprano bats roosting in a school - our licensed team members had a chance to handle and carefully measure some of the bats 🦇

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Bats require specific conditions for hibernation, and our work on Middleton Upper Quarry in Midlothian has been used as a case study in the UK Bat Mitigation Guidelines to show successful hibernaculum design.

Read more here: batsurvey.scot/blog/preserv...

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Ethiopian epauletted fruit bat (Epomophorus labiatus) caught in my garden last night in Lilongwe, Malawi 🦇

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#Nightbotany buckwheat Fagopyrum esculentum casual on driveway #batsurvey #botany @ecologybydesign @BSBIbotany