The Devon Greater Horseshoe Bat Project (2014-2021) enabled people to learn about, celebrate and help to care for these endangered bats. #NLHF supported
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29 Oct 2018
Find out more about our bat research and monitoring with our short video on bats & science! @_BCT_ @DevonWildlife @HLFSouthWest Full video: vimeo.com/246939001
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16 Jun 2021
Devon Bat Survey is back! Thanks to @DBRCnews, this Devon-wide citizen science project will be continued this year, looking at bats in the #SaveDevonsTrees project core areas. Join the survey and discover which bats live in your area 👉 buff.ly/3cH6K1O
📷Tom Marshall
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27 Jan 2021
Farewell from the Bat Project team - our wonderful project has ended but you can read all about our achievements and still access plenty of website resources by viewing our final enewsletter mailchi.mp/f88e7f53fd10/devo… thank you to all our lovely supporters! @DevonWildlife
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Devon Bat Project retweeted
17 Jan 2021
A new #BatChat episode will be up this Wednesday, 20th January! @SteveRoeBatMan has been interviewing a range of bat workers and nattering away about #bats and bat conservation. Stream in your usual platform or here: bats.org.uk/resources/batcha…
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Devon Bat Project retweeted
17 Jan 2021
Our website has an entire section of our website dedicated to provide advice to some of the most common queries we receive:
Would you know what to do if you find a bat in need of help?
Explore this section to find out more: bats.org.uk/advice
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Devon Bat Project retweeted
17 Jan 2021
Why bats matter? Find out more about the importance bats play in our environment here: bats.org.uk/about-bats/why-b…
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Devon Bat Project retweeted
16 Jan 2021
A single 400-year-old ancient oak produces 234,000 litres of oxygen a year, and may support more than 2,000 species of bird, insect, fungus, and lichen. Let's look after the trees 🌳 Via @WoodlandTrust
#wellbeing #nature #wildlife
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Devon Bat Project retweeted
17 Jan 2021
There are more than 80 bat groups in the UK. They are made up of many dedicated volunteers and are the mainstay of bat conservation across the country, undertaking vital front-line conservation work. Find your local bat group here: bats.org.uk/support-bats/bat…
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Devon Bat Project retweeted
17 Jan 2021
With insect, bat and bird populations all struggling, wouldn't it be wonderful to see more wildlife walls? Pic via @seed_ball
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Devon Bat Project retweeted
16 Jan 2021
Bats will wake up from hibernation in Spring starving so if you are able to make sure your garden or green corner (even a balcony helps!) is attracting the yummy insects they feed on. You can find some very useful tips here: cdn.bats.org.uk/pdf/Resource…
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Devon Bat Project retweeted
10 Jan 2021
🦇Bats will be huddling together in hibernation this winter in our newly built bat roost! Thanks to a collaboration between the @devonbatproject, @AxeValeDCS and @EastDevonAONB, this roost was occupied within weeks of being built! 📸 Tom Marshall #2020Highlights
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Devon Bat Project retweeted
8 Jan 2021
Our largest #bat species, the noctule, is a tree lover and is often found hibernating in #woodpecker holes🐦🕳️
Males will protect their woodpecker #penthouse to help attract females during the mating season🤩🏰
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Devon Bat Project retweeted
11 Jan 2021
The fluttering brown long-eared #bat likes a more secluded #hibernation spot🤫
Caves, tunnels and mines are favoured winter roosts 🦇 and unlike other bats, when using trees, this shy species tends to look for roosts closer to the ground and more cluttered with vegetation🌿
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Devon Bat Project retweeted
5 Jan 2021
This long period of deep sleep, also known as torpor, allows #bats to survive the harsh #winter🥶 - when food is scarce and flying would be wasteful!
In torpor, bats slow their metabolism down meaning they use less energy ⬇️ and are able to survive on the fat they stored up 💪
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Devon Bat Project retweeted
4 Jan 2021
Arborists tree surgeons - we have @LantraUK accredited online training for you!
Scoping surveys for arborists - essential knowledge about bats and trees for anyone working on trees.
Courses in January & March 2021
Details: bats.org.uk/our-work/trainin…
pls share @ArbAssociation
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Devon Bat Project retweeted
21 Dec 2020
Are you passionate about wetland conservation and river catchment restoration? Take a look at our Working Wetlands Advisory Officer (Yeo) role – it's a part time, permanent post based at Cookworthy: buff.ly/2K27bc6
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Devon Bat Project retweeted
20 Dec 2020
Lost from much of England, Devon is a dormouse stronghold. But even here, loss of habitat means pressure on places dormice use for nesting & food. Many DWT reserves are safe places for dormice. Your donation could help them & Devon's other special species buff.ly/2IHzgos
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Devon Bat Project retweeted
20 Dec 2020
Many of the UK's bats are endangered and there is an urgent need for further research along with well implemented legal protection, targeted land management and education programmes bats.org.uk/news/2020/07/bat…
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Devon Bat Project retweeted
13 Dec 2020
Many of the UK's bats are endangered and there is an urgent need for further research along with well implemented legal protection, targeted land management and education programmes. bats.org.uk/news/2020/07/bat…
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10 Dec 2020
Hear our very own Helen Parr talking about the bat project in this newly released podcast from Bat Conservation Trust, recorded on location in Devon! buff.ly/3a53Cg1 @DevonWildlife @SouthDevonAONB
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25 Nov 2020
Now available to view - lots of amazing roost footage recorded from our web cam inside greater horseshoe maternity roost in Devon. Visit @DevonWildlife You Tube to watch buff.ly/2J6rfsS
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