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

    2. BCT update - Joe Nunez-Mino,

    3. 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

    1. An update on the work of the Bat Conservation Trust - Kit Stoner

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    2. Tree roost mitigation - Chloe Delgery & Jim Mullholland, ARUP and Bats Research & Training

    3. Keynote: Using genomics to inform bat conservation under global change - Dr Orly Razgour, University of Exeter

    4. Long-term change in insect populations as potential drivers of population change in UK bats - Hannah Romanowski, Rothamsted Research

    5. The influence of local canopy structure and flight behaviour on barbastelle bat (Barbastella barbastellus) vehicle collision risk - Vincent Weir Scientific Award Winner 2024: Kieran O’Malley, University of Sussex

    6. Introducing BCT’s Sound Classification System - Madeline Davies, Bat Conservation Trust

    7. Bat Maths: Modelling movement, detector placement and finding roosts - Dr Thomas Woolley, Cardiff University

    8. Assessing migration of bat species and interaction with Offshore Wind Farms in British Waters - Jack Hooker, University of West of England and Bat Conservation Trust

    9. Future climatically suitable areas for bats in South Asia - Aditya Srinivasulu

    1. Nathusius’ pipistrelle in Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland - Tom Bennett.

    2. BCT Update - Lisa Worledge, Bat Conservation Trust

    3. Winter bat activity in a suburban garden - Alan Roe, Derbyshire Bat Conservation Group

About this course

  • £25.00 / year
  • 50 lessons
  • 15 hours of video content

Great CPD for professional & volunteer bat workers

More content added after each conference

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