Dr Lotty Packman 🦇
@lottypackman.bsky.social
Conservation Scientist (bat specialist) at Wild Wings Ecology | Associate at University of East Anglia | Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology
This is so deeply disappointing. I really despair. A dark day for the UK’s precious wildlife and habitats. We need to be urgently stepping up protections, not recklessly discarding them… 🦇 🌳
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A shameful step back for nature as UK Government pushes through damaging Planning and Infrastructure Bill - @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social www.wildlifetrusts.org/blog/public-...
A shameful step back for nature as UK Government pushes through damaging Planning and Infrastructure Bill | The Wildlife Trusts
Despite valiant efforts by nature champions in the House of Lords, last night saw the Government bulldoze the wildlife-harming Planning & Infrastructure Bill through its last remaining hurdles. Matt B...
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November 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
This is so deeply disappointing. I really despair. A dark day for the UK’s precious wildlife and habitats. We need to be urgently stepping up protections, not recklessly discarding them… 🦇 🌳
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
@wildjustice.bsky.social
@wclnews.bsky.social
@ruthtingay.bsky.social
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
@wildjustice.bsky.social
@wclnews.bsky.social
@ruthtingay.bsky.social
Fancy a permanent, part-time #Ecologist role working with the great Wendling Beck Nature Recovery Project @wendlingbeck.bsky.social in Norfolk?
Hands-on role focused on habitat condition monitoring, adaptive management & stakeholder coordination.
Details here👇
www.wendlingbeck.org/opportunitie...
Hands-on role focused on habitat condition monitoring, adaptive management & stakeholder coordination.
Details here👇
www.wendlingbeck.org/opportunitie...
Ecologist | Part-Time | Wendling Beck
Join Wendling Beck as a part-time Ecologist helping deliver large-scale biodiversity restoration in the UK.
www.wendlingbeck.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Fancy a permanent, part-time #Ecologist role working with the great Wendling Beck Nature Recovery Project @wendlingbeck.bsky.social in Norfolk?
Hands-on role focused on habitat condition monitoring, adaptive management & stakeholder coordination.
Details here👇
www.wendlingbeck.org/opportunitie...
Hands-on role focused on habitat condition monitoring, adaptive management & stakeholder coordination.
Details here👇
www.wendlingbeck.org/opportunitie...
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Our bat conservation manifesto sets out the minimum requirements needed to protect bats and their habitats www.bats.org.uk/our-work/bio...
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Our bat conservation manifesto sets out the minimum requirements needed to protect bats and their habitats www.bats.org.uk/our-work/bio...
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Come to do a PhD with me, @bfraser.bsky.social and
@batconservation.bsky.social at the University of Exeter on using genomics to understand bat population declines under global environmental change 🦇🧬🌍🌐🧪
Application deadline 8 January 2026 ⚠️⚠️⚠️
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
@batconservation.bsky.social at the University of Exeter on using genomics to understand bat population declines under global environmental change 🦇🧬🌍🌐🧪
Application deadline 8 January 2026 ⚠️⚠️⚠️
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Applying genomic approaches to understand bat population declines. NERC GW4+ DTP PhD studentship for September 2026 Entry at University of Exeter on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Applying genomic approaches to understand bat population declines. NERC GW4+ DTP PhD studentship for September 2026 Entry at University of Exeter, listed on FindAPhD.com
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November 18, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Come to do a PhD with me, @bfraser.bsky.social and
@batconservation.bsky.social at the University of Exeter on using genomics to understand bat population declines under global environmental change 🦇🧬🌍🌐🧪
Application deadline 8 January 2026 ⚠️⚠️⚠️
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
@batconservation.bsky.social at the University of Exeter on using genomics to understand bat population declines under global environmental change 🦇🧬🌍🌐🧪
Application deadline 8 January 2026 ⚠️⚠️⚠️
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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The govt has stripped out crucial protections from the Planning & Infrastructure Bill. This includes measures to safeguard nature, prioritise brownfield land and give Parliament proper oversight. https://www.cpre.org.uk/news/government-strips-protections-from-the-planning-and-infrastructure-bill/
November 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The govt has stripped out crucial protections from the Planning & Infrastructure Bill. This includes measures to safeguard nature, prioritise brownfield land and give Parliament proper oversight. https://www.cpre.org.uk/news/government-strips-protections-from-the-planning-and-infrastructure-bill/
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Watching Labour MPs take a wrecking ball to nature makes me so angry & so sad. Their action tonight voting down amendments to the #PlanningBill intended to protect wildlife & habitats from destruction is so reckless & so counterproductive. People didn’t vote Labour for this 👇
Housing secretary tells Labour MPs to vote down planning bill amendment
Amendment restricts protection for animals to allow faster house building
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Watching Labour MPs take a wrecking ball to nature makes me so angry & so sad. Their action tonight voting down amendments to the #PlanningBill intended to protect wildlife & habitats from destruction is so reckless & so counterproductive. People didn’t vote Labour for this 👇
A wonderful, insightful piece by @iainrobinson.bsky.social in latest issue of @hinterlandnf.bsky.social.
“GLOAMING” describes a woodland under threat from the (currently shelved 🤞) Norwich Western Link and its barbastelle #bat inhabitants. I’m touched to feature in the piece! 📹🦇🌳
“GLOAMING” describes a woodland under threat from the (currently shelved 🤞) Norwich Western Link and its barbastelle #bat inhabitants. I’m touched to feature in the piece! 📹🦇🌳
November 13, 2025 at 1:19 PM
A wonderful, insightful piece by @iainrobinson.bsky.social in latest issue of @hinterlandnf.bsky.social.
“GLOAMING” describes a woodland under threat from the (currently shelved 🤞) Norwich Western Link and its barbastelle #bat inhabitants. I’m touched to feature in the piece! 📹🦇🌳
“GLOAMING” describes a woodland under threat from the (currently shelved 🤞) Norwich Western Link and its barbastelle #bat inhabitants. I’m touched to feature in the piece! 📹🦇🌳
They’ll be voting on this in the Commons *tomorrow* (Thur 13th Nov) so if you still haven’t contacted your MP please do so ASAP today! And confusingly Amendment 130 is now Amendment 40 😵💫 - so that needs clarifying too. @bengoldsborough.bsky.social
@batconservation.bsky.social
@batconservation.bsky.social
This is URGENT and so important. Please do email your MP this weekend 👇🙏
Amendment 130 is the best chance to reduce the Planning and Infrastructure Bill’s risks to bat conservation. You can read more here: buff.ly/ACYQzDY
Email your MP in less than 2 minutes here: buff.ly/r43w7vE
Email your MP in less than 2 minutes here: buff.ly/r43w7vE
November 12, 2025 at 10:24 AM
They’ll be voting on this in the Commons *tomorrow* (Thur 13th Nov) so if you still haven’t contacted your MP please do so ASAP today! And confusingly Amendment 130 is now Amendment 40 😵💫 - so that needs clarifying too. @bengoldsborough.bsky.social
@batconservation.bsky.social
@batconservation.bsky.social
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Excellent #LawPodUK episode from @1crownofficerow.bsky.social ft leading environmental lawyer Carol Day from @leigh-day.bsky.social talking about significance of our recent High Court win against Natural England who had tried to increase our adverse costs cap #Aarhus
audioboom.com/posts/880408...
audioboom.com/posts/880408...
Should rivers have rights? The Environmental Law Foundation and the costs of taking action in the courts
Rosalind English is joined by a panel of environmental law experts, Emma Montlake, Richard Wald KC and Carol Day to discuss the resources and help offered by the Enviromental Law Foundation to those w...
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November 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Excellent #LawPodUK episode from @1crownofficerow.bsky.social ft leading environmental lawyer Carol Day from @leigh-day.bsky.social talking about significance of our recent High Court win against Natural England who had tried to increase our adverse costs cap #Aarhus
audioboom.com/posts/880408...
audioboom.com/posts/880408...
Surprise surprise… explains why this bill is such a disaster for wildlife & their habitats. We need balanced and informed evidence-based decision making, not this biased, subjective nonsense.
Really hoping my MP
@bengoldsborough.bsky.social will be voting in support of Amendment 130 🙏
Really hoping my MP
@bengoldsborough.bsky.social will be voting in support of Amendment 130 🙏
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Surprise surprise… explains why this bill is such a disaster for wildlife & their habitats. We need balanced and informed evidence-based decision making, not this biased, subjective nonsense.
Really hoping my MP
@bengoldsborough.bsky.social will be voting in support of Amendment 130 🙏
Really hoping my MP
@bengoldsborough.bsky.social will be voting in support of Amendment 130 🙏
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Those who harm wildlife are also likely to harm people 🚨
The @wclnews.bsky.social Wildlife Crime Report this year highlights that 59% of people who commit crimes against wildlife are also associated with other violent crimes
Read more 👇
www.wcl.org.uk/wildlife-cri...
The @wclnews.bsky.social Wildlife Crime Report this year highlights that 59% of people who commit crimes against wildlife are also associated with other violent crimes
Read more 👇
www.wcl.org.uk/wildlife-cri...
November 10, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Those who harm wildlife are also likely to harm people 🚨
The @wclnews.bsky.social Wildlife Crime Report this year highlights that 59% of people who commit crimes against wildlife are also associated with other violent crimes
Read more 👇
www.wcl.org.uk/wildlife-cri...
The @wclnews.bsky.social Wildlife Crime Report this year highlights that 59% of people who commit crimes against wildlife are also associated with other violent crimes
Read more 👇
www.wcl.org.uk/wildlife-cri...
This is URGENT and so important. Please do email your MP this weekend 👇🙏
Amendment 130 is the best chance to reduce the Planning and Infrastructure Bill’s risks to bat conservation. You can read more here: buff.ly/ACYQzDY
Email your MP in less than 2 minutes here: buff.ly/r43w7vE
Email your MP in less than 2 minutes here: buff.ly/r43w7vE
November 9, 2025 at 9:04 AM
This is URGENT and so important. Please do email your MP this weekend 👇🙏
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There are 1,500 scientifically described species of bats in the world, they account for more than a quarter of mammal species in the UK and around 20% of all mammal species worldwide. Bats play an important role in many habitats around the world. www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/w... #biodiversity #bats 🦇
November 7, 2025 at 10:28 AM
There are 1,500 scientifically described species of bats in the world, they account for more than a quarter of mammal species in the UK and around 20% of all mammal species worldwide. Bats play an important role in many habitats around the world. www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/w... #biodiversity #bats 🦇
Spent the morning in a wonderful patch of wet woodland in @broadsnationalpark.bsky.social preparing bespoke bat tree roosts assessment training 🦇🌳- whilst exploring came across this sleepy resident, nestled behind a callus roll in an oak (photo taken using an endoscope, under licence).
November 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Spent the morning in a wonderful patch of wet woodland in @broadsnationalpark.bsky.social preparing bespoke bat tree roosts assessment training 🦇🌳- whilst exploring came across this sleepy resident, nestled behind a callus roll in an oak (photo taken using an endoscope, under licence).
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THANK GOODNESS! 😅 House of Lords debated Pt 3 of Planning & Infrastructure Bill today - voted in favour of amendment limiting EDPs to impacts like nutrient neutrality, air pollution etc i.e. NOT for protected species & habitats (which would have been disastrous & massive weakening of protections)… 🙌
October 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
THANK GOODNESS! 😅 House of Lords debated Pt 3 of Planning & Infrastructure Bill today - voted in favour of amendment limiting EDPs to impacts like nutrient neutrality, air pollution etc i.e. NOT for protected species & habitats (which would have been disastrous & massive weakening of protections)… 🙌
Shhhh! 🤫 A little privacy please… Right outside my office door - a common pipistrelle #bat mating roost! A male is holed-up in here (in gap between rafter & cladding) with his little harem of females. They’re quite chatty too! 🦇🦇🦇 @batconservation.bsky.social @norfolknorwichbats.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Shhhh! 🤫 A little privacy please… Right outside my office door - a common pipistrelle #bat mating roost! A male is holed-up in here (in gap between rafter & cladding) with his little harem of females. They’re quite chatty too! 🦇🦇🦇 @batconservation.bsky.social @norfolknorwichbats.bsky.social
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October 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Join us for a festive celebration! Grab a drink & watch live music from the amazing Clark & Zuppardi! We'll have children's activities & crafts set up to keep them entertained whilst you natter with friends & enjoy hot food from a local food van. 🦇 Book now: www.trybooking.com/uk/events/la...
Why did the barbastelle cross the road? 🤔
Well, >half of them cross within the vehicle collision zone 🚗☠️, so we may never know... YES barbastelles really are at risk of direct mortality from roads & NO "hop-overs" aren't the answer. Great bit of v useful & timely research @kezomalley.bsky.social 👏
Well, >half of them cross within the vehicle collision zone 🚗☠️, so we may never know... YES barbastelles really are at risk of direct mortality from roads & NO "hop-overs" aren't the answer. Great bit of v useful & timely research @kezomalley.bsky.social 👏
📢 New paper from my PhD! 🦇
Using 3D reconstructions of barbastelle bat flight paths over roads, we found that increasing canopy cover leads to lower flight heights, elevating collision risk.
@vincentwt.bsky.social @sussex.ac.uk
#PhD #Bats #Ecology #Conservation
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Using 3D reconstructions of barbastelle bat flight paths over roads, we found that increasing canopy cover leads to lower flight heights, elevating collision risk.
@vincentwt.bsky.social @sussex.ac.uk
#PhD #Bats #Ecology #Conservation
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Increasing canopy cover elevates vehicle collision risk for barbastelle bats (Barbastella barbastellus) at roads - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Increasing canopy cover elevates vehicle collision risk for barbastelle bats (Barbastella barbastellus) at roads
www.nature.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Why did the barbastelle cross the road? 🤔
Well, >half of them cross within the vehicle collision zone 🚗☠️, so we may never know... YES barbastelles really are at risk of direct mortality from roads & NO "hop-overs" aren't the answer. Great bit of v useful & timely research @kezomalley.bsky.social 👏
Well, >half of them cross within the vehicle collision zone 🚗☠️, so we may never know... YES barbastelles really are at risk of direct mortality from roads & NO "hop-overs" aren't the answer. Great bit of v useful & timely research @kezomalley.bsky.social 👏
The prettiest of nest sites? 🪺 Guess who’s raising their chicks in here… 🐣
@norfolknats.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
@norfolknats.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
May 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The prettiest of nest sites? 🪺 Guess who’s raising their chicks in here… 🐣
@norfolknats.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
@norfolknats.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social