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Anni Binet
@annibinet.bsky.social
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Consultant ecologist specialising in bats 🦇 volunteer researcher and member of too many bat groups. Bat Conservation Trust Trustee. Dabbler in photography. AuDHD. All views my own.
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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 8h
🦇 The Bat Conservation Trust is inviting evidence from bat groups, ecologists, practitioners, local authorities, developers, regulators, landowners, statutory agencies, NGOs, volunteers and others on the impacts of solar farms on bats:
www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/10...
Call for evidence: impacts of solar farms on bats - News - Bat Conservation Trust
BCT is collecting information on the impacts of solar farms on bats. Keep reading to know how you can help.
www.bats.org.uk
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Dave A @batworker.bsky.social · 2d
Greater Noctule 🦇 research records hunting small birds more than 1km up in the air. www.izw-berlin.de/en/press-rel...
Caught in the act: Scientists record how Europe’s largest bat catches and consumes a passerine bird mid-air - Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research
After nearly 25 years of research, an international team of scientists has finally solved a mystery: The greater noctule, Europe’s largest bat, doesn’t just eat small birds – it hunts and captures the...
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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 2d
🦇 Review reveals how offshore wind turbines affect migratory bats, including Nathusius’ pipistrelle. Learn about risks, mitigation and next steps.

Read more about this here: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/10...
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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 1d
🦇 October Giveaway!! Any new members joining this month will be entered in a prize draw for the chance to win this Beaumaris bat box from CJ Wildlife! This would make an amazing Christmas gift or a treat for yourself.

Join today: www.bats.org.uk/membership/s...
A black bat box made of Woodstone with a bat carving at the front.
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Anni Binet @annibinet.bsky.social · 1d
www.sciencenews.org/article/bats...

Greater noctule bats 🦇 have been confirmed to hunt and eat migrating birds on the wing. Would love to meet this species one day!
Mic’d bats reveal midnight songbird attacks
Sensor data reveal greater noctule bats chasing, catching and chewing on birds during high-altitude, nighttime hunts.
www.sciencenews.org
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Bat Research Team @bat-cesco.bsky.social · 6d
[NEW PAPER OUT]

🦇 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗱𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗳𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 !

A deep dive into optimal foraging theory and social foraging through this bat study: flight speed, tolerance to conspecifics, and adjustments in the presence of heterospecifics revealed via 3D tracking.
Foraging flight strategy varies with species identity of co-occurring individuals in bats
The presence of individuals from a different species induces a change in bat's flight strategy, that probably reflects an increase in competitiveness. Inde
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Jaap van Schaik @jaapvschaik.bsky.social · 10d
Proud to present our latest 🦇 paper! Using 13 years of data, we show that hibernation timing has shifted dramatically in two bat species, but in opposite directions 😮

Huge congrats to Gabi, Frauke, and the whole team.

OA in @globalchangebio.bsky.social: dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

Highlights in 🧵
One Species Hibernates Shorter, the Other Longer: Rapid but Opposing Responses to Warming Climate in Two Sympatric Bat Species
Hibernation timing is a crucial seasonal transition that directly influences the survival and reproduction of hibernating mammals. Climate change alters key drivers of hibernation phenology, includin...
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Anni Binet @annibinet.bsky.social · 15d
All signs are pointing to 2025 being a mast year. The number of nuts trees produce varies each year, smaller crops over consecutive years keep populations of animals eating them in check. In a mast year, they produce more than the animals can possibly eat. We took advantage at the local walnut tree!
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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 17d
🦇 What is a roost? Here are some bat roost facts:

🪹 Bats do not make nests, but choose various places throughout the year to shelter, live and sleep in.
🦇 Where bats choose to roost varies between species and the time of the year.
📍 They don't stay in the same roost the whole year.
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🕸godhatesyeeeest🕷 @godhatesyeast.bsky.social · 19d
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Alberta Community Bat Program/Western Bat Program 🦇 @albertabats.bsky.social · 21d
Feeling this one again! 😀🦇
We need to do a tally of our outreach events & numbers of people reached for 2025! It has been busy!
A meme post with two pie charts. chart one - Nobody will remember - your salary, how busy you were, how many hours you worked, how many Gucci bags you owned. People will remember - how much you knew about bats, the time you spent learning about bats, if you knew facts about bats that made them smile, if they learned to love bats because of you.
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Jack Hooker @jackhooker.bsky.social · 21d
New OA 🦇 research 📄

Current frontiers in the passive acoustic monitoring of bats

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Current frontiers in the passive acoustic monitoring of bats
Passive acoustic monitoring of bats is used in a growing number of studies in applied and basic research, from local to global scales. Despite the publication of good-practice recommendations, sev...
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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 22d
🦇 At the National Bat Conference we shared the trailer for season 7 of our podcast, BatChat. And now we get to share it with you all!

Returning on the 5 November.
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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 22d
🦇 Joining the Bat Conservation Trust is the ideal way to show your support for bats. By becoming a member, you will be adding your voice to ours in speaking up for bats and their habitats for future generations to enjoy.

Become a member today:https://www.bats.org.uk/membership/scheme
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Anni Binet @annibinet.bsky.social · 22d
Joined #Brumbats for a 🦇 autumn swarming survey last night, first time for me requiring a boat to set up, check and collect the traps! Weather didn't play ball for us so everything is hung up to dry today but a good night none the less!
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Anni Binet @annibinet.bsky.social · Sep 13
Autumnal textures in the woods today
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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · Sep 11
When asked what they would implement as a government minister, @kitstoner.bsky.social suggested legislation that would mean all present and future policy would be evidence based. She would also scrap part 3 of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. #WildSummitUK
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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · Sep 11
The media needs to challenge the false narrative that nature is blocking development. The media has a responsibility to tell the truth. @kitstoner.bsky.social #WildSummitUK
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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · Sep 10
🦇 More than echolocation: Bats use both sight and sound to hunt more efficiently in light: www.izw-berlin.de/en/press-rel...
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Dr. Sabine Metzger 🦇 @drsabinemetzger.bsky.social · Sep 10
🦇The recent issue of John Deere's THE FURROW is "Going Bats!" (publication spotted by @theoccasionalbat.bsky.social )
www.deere.com/en/publicati...
The Furrow: Going Bats!
Among nature's most misunderstood creatures, bats are amazing fliers, caring mothers, and a remarkable ally to farmers and gardeners.
www.deere.com
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Gary Williamson @docs41.bsky.social · Sep 9
✨ I wish more people knew… bats are working for YOU. 🦇

From mosquito-free summer nights to tequila, bananas, and even chocolate—bats quietly make our lives way better (and cheaper).

The bottom line? Protect bats, protect your fun! 🍹🍫

👉 Swipe through for 5 selfish reasons to love bats.

(Deutsch)
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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · Sep 7
The #NatBatConf 2025 conference photo. Thanks to all our delegates, speakers, exhibitors and sponsors (Thermal Vision and @wildlifeacoustics.com)
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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · Sep 7
Final talk of the morning at #NatBatConf is from @annibinet.bsky.social talking about seasonal variation in bat activity levels at underground sites in Jersey
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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · Sep 6
The #natbatconf 2025 is about to start @durham-university.bsky.social Thanks to Thermal Vision and @wildlifeacoustics.com for sponsoring this years conference 🦇❤️ #lovebats
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Anni Binet @annibinet.bsky.social · Aug 8
Lovely female noctule 🦇 posing for me in the full moon light
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