Course curriculum

More talks will be added after other conferences throughout the year and as speakers grant us permission to share their talk

    1. Introduction

    1. Introduction

    2. Keynote talk: Using genomics to inform bat conservation under global change - Dr Ricardo Rocha, Department of Biology, University of Oxford

    3. BCT Update - Kit Stoner, BCT Chief Executive

    4. The Abundance and Structure of Type-C Social Calls at a Soprano Pipistrelle Maternity Roost as Juveniles Increase in Independence - Emily Hill, Hartpury University

    5. Bat migration routes in Europe: an acoustic venture - Charlotte Roemer, French Natural History Museum

    6. It's all about "b-attitude" - what have we learned about people's attitudes to bats? - Naomi Webster, BCT

    7. Bats in dynamic agricultural landscapes: what are the benefits of mixed farming? - Rochelle Kennedy, Scotland’s Rural College / University of Stirling

    8. Connecting people and landscapes in a changing climate - Danielle Smith, BCT

    9. Arid zone bats and fenced conservation reserves - Oliver Aylen, University of New South Wales

    10. Using a land-bridge island system to investigate the long-term responses of bats to forest fragmentation - Dillan Hoyt, University of Oxford

    11. Bats and Aerial Thermal Surveys - Giles Coe, Co-ecology

    12. Seasonal variation in bat activity levels at underground sites in Jersey - Annika Binet, AKB Ecology

    13. Ultra-Violet fluorescence in lesser and Blasius’s horseshoe bats; is it maladaptive for the bats but useful for batworkers? - Henry Schofield, University of Sussex

    14. Assessing the Impact of Anthropogenic Disturbance on the Welfare of Lesser Horseshoe Bats (Rhinolophus hipposideros) through Non-Invasive Hormone Analysis - Lucy Morison, University of Chester

    1. Conference overview

    2. Update on the work of the Bat Conservation Trust - Kit Stoner

    3. Sleepless in Snetterton - Abi Gray and Sam Shelley

    4. Danbury Living Landscape Barbastelle project - Graham Hart & Lynden Reed, Essex Bat Group

    5. Assessing migration of bat species and interactions with offshore wind farms in British Waters - Jack Hooker, BCT.

    1. Conference overview

    2. Assessing migration of bat species and interactions with offshore windfarms in British Waters - Dr Jack Hooker

    3. The Bailiwick Bat Survey: Four Years of Baseline Data for the Bats of Guernsey, Sark and Alderney - Matt Lewis

    4. BCT update - Joe Nunez-Mino,

    5. A review of known autumn swarming sites in Surrey - Ross Baker & Lynn Whitfield

    1. Conference overview

    2. BCT Update - Lisa Worledge

    3. Thermal Vision for Ecologists - Andrew Milner and Jethro Block, Thermal Vision Ecology

    4. Species on the Edge - Protecting Scotland's Island Wonders - Cathryn Baillie, BCT

    5. Brandt's bat - in Scotland?? - John Haddow, Auritus Wildlife Consultancy & Central Scotland Bat Group

    6. Mass pipistrelle hibernation sites in Northumberland - Tina Wiffen, Northumberland Bat Group

    7. Re-establishing historic ecosystem links through targeted species reintroduction: beaver-mediated wetlands support increased bat activity – Jack Hooker, University of West of England/Bat Conservation Trust

    1. Conference overview

    2. Wildlife drones - Paul Sinclair

    3. Disco bats and glittery poo - James Shipman

    4. Industry insights from Lotek - Sarah Deans

    5. Continuous evolution of GPS tracking technology, Gary Brodin, Pathtrack

About this course

  • £25.00 / year
  • 71 lessons
  • 20.5 hours of video content

Great CPD for professional & volunteer bat workers

More content added after each conference