@battylisa.bsky.social
🦇📚🐾A conservationist who loves bats, dogs, books, art and the joy of learning! (My views shared on social media are my own and not necessarily those of my employer.)
@battylisa.bsky.socialWhy do people litter? I hate it! 😢
@battylisa.bsky.socialWhat a wonderful place to live! Bat guano is a great fertiliser too, I have seen pictures of structures with palm fronds to encourage bats to roost so their droppings can be easily collected.
@battylisa.bsky.socialIt was fab, thank you! So good to catch-up with folks and talk bats 🦇❤️🦇
@battylisa.bsky.socialThat’s a fab haul of bat goodies 🦇❤️🦇
@battylisa.bsky.socialI love them & had bought a few items from the stand yesterday 🤗 (one of the cards to be given for a batty birthday on Tuesday)! 🦇❤️🦇
@battylisa.bsky.socialWe try to save costs and time by meeting online, but it’s so easy to overlook the true value of meeting in person. A weekend at The @batconservation.bsky.social #NatBatConf has reminded me just how important (and enjoyable) face-to-face conversations are.
@battylisa.bsky.socialVery happy with my @batconservation.bsky.social #NatBatConf raffle prize - a bundle of goodies from @ccoxonart.bsky.social
@battylisa.bsky.socialThe final talk of @batconservation.bsky.social #NatBatConf was on impact of anthropogenic noise on bats by Camilia Soravia. Importantly considering the impact on roosting bats, alongside the combined impacts of artificial light as well. Read the paper at: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@battylisa.bsky.socialDave Anderson’s talk on bats and underground sites at @batconservation.bsky.social #NatBatConf was excellent! We didn’t get to see all 45 minutes of two Natterer’s bats mating and there was no sound on the film, but Dave assured us the noise is rather impressive! The joy of bat conferences 🦇❤️🦇
@battylisa.bsky.socialIt was great @mich-parsons.bsky.social - have you seen the work about the rice fields in Spain? An accidental discovery about pest control as a result of work on bat boxes 🦇❤️🦇
@battylisa.bsky.socialLove the wonderful new @batswborders.bsky.social book I bought at #NatBatConf today! Co-created with primary school children in Zambia it’s a wonderful story with an important message to share #LoveBats
@battylisa.bsky.socialA 10 to 15-fold increase in bat activity from changes in management practices in Sitka plantations, achieved by an E3 Ecology project led by Tony Martin, is a fantastic achievement, alongside the benefits for other species. #NatBatConf
@battylisa.bsky.socialExciting to hear the potential for open-source end to end bat recording -> processing -> species identification -> output reporting from this year’s The Bat Conservation Trust #VincentWeirAward winner Santiago Martinez Balvanera. So much potential! #NatBatConf
@battylisa.bsky.socialBack for the final session of #NatBatConf with the joint @batconservation.bsky.social #VincentWeirAward winner Santiago Martinez Balvanera on use of AI tools for processing passive acoustic monitoring bat calls.
@battylisa.bsky.socialClimate change has serious consequences for our wildlife. Maggie Andrews work into timing of soprano pipistrelle births (supported by #CitizenScience), shows pups are born earlier in warm weather - but non-biting midges are more abundant even earlier in warmer springs! #NatBatConf
@battylisa.bsky.socialThere are a number of #BatResearch priorities for #solar farms #NatBatConf and a need for national guidance.
@battylisa.bsky.socialGreat to have Maya Griffin speaking at #NatBatConf this morning on work investigating bats & solar farms in Wales. A project between @batconservation.bsky.social & University of West of England, on behalf of Natural Resources Wales. Read the full report cdn.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/qr3kkbsf/nrw...
@battylisa.bsky.socialPaper can be found at: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@battylisa.bsky.socialAgricultural pests can evolve resistance to pesticides but nature can provide a pest control service & that’s exactly what the 19.4mn wrinkled-lipped free tailed bats can do for the rice farmers of six countries of South East Asia! #NatBatConf 🦇❤️🦇
@battylisa.bsky.socialSome good discussions in the ‘Lets chat bats in sustainable farming’ workshop at #NatBatConf about to seed or not to seed & how much it depends on whats already in the soil seed bank. Would be interesting to see a control version of this study. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
