Dave A
@batworker.bsky.social
Bat ecologist working in the North of England. Ex Museum Curator. Researching use of caves, mines and lime kilns by bats in the Forest of Bowland and Yorkshire Dales National Park.
And this week a second ringed bat has arrived.
November 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
And this week a second ringed bat has arrived.
I think we’re getting to the point where the data is robust enough to publish. Both parallels with mating strategy and crevice fidelity.
November 24, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I think we’re getting to the point where the data is robust enough to publish. Both parallels with mating strategy and crevice fidelity.
Really interesting paper here on mating in Greater Mouse Eared, theres a lot of similarity with what we’re observing with Natterer’s bats. www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) Mating system and copulatory behavior of the greater mouse‐eared bat (Myotis myotis)
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www.researchgate.net
November 24, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Really interesting paper here on mating in Greater Mouse Eared, theres a lot of similarity with what we’re observing with Natterer’s bats. www.researchgate.net/publication/...
We’re researching how these sites are used by bats. There’s a dynamic change is species composition throughout the winter, some species arriving earlier to hibernate others only moving underground during particularly cold snaps .
November 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
We’re researching how these sites are used by bats. There’s a dynamic change is species composition throughout the winter, some species arriving earlier to hibernate others only moving underground during particularly cold snaps .
It’s in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, UK
November 13, 2025 at 9:48 PM
It’s in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, UK