🦇 A group of bats can be called a colony, a cauldron, or even a cloud. But with over 1,500 bat species worldwide (and 18 here in the UK!), we think it’s time to get a little more imaginative. Surely our brilliant bats deserve names as unique as they are. Join our campaign and help us #NameThatBat

🦇Bats in Churches research reveals ancient buildings as vital wildlife refuges: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/10... New research from the Bats in Churches partnership project reveals that half of all Church of England churches are home to bats. In older churches that rises to nearly eight in ten.

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

URGENT CALL TO ACTION - please email your MP today act.bats.org.uk/urge-your-mp...

Bats to the Rescue - How Madagascar's bats are helping to save the rainforest by fighting insect plagues in the country's rice fields. www.cam.ac.uk/stories/bats...

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 🦇

🦇 Halloween might be out of the way and bats starting to slowly disappear from our evenings, but our work does not stop. During autumn/winter we'll continue our work to protect bats. Help us and donate if you can: www.bats.org.uk/donate/pledge . Every donation, big or small, helps bats.

🦇 Bats need a helping hand! Whether you adopt a bat for yourself, or as a unique gift for a friend or family member, you will be making a real difference to bats in the wild. It makes for a wonderful Christmas gift too: www.bats.org.uk/support-bats...

🦇 To celebrate Dara McAnulty's new book 'A Wild Child's Guide to Nature at Night' we've partnered up with Pan Macmillan - one lucky person will get the chance to win a copy of the book + a Family Membership with us. To take part, just fill out this form : www.panmacmillan.com/a-wild-child...

Bats can provide great value to agriculture by controlling crop-damaging insects extension.psu.edu/the-value-of...

Amendment 130 is the best chance to reduce the Planning and Infrastructure Bill’s risks to bat conservation. You can read more here: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/11... EMAIL YOUR MP: act.bats.org.uk/urge-your-mp... @chrisgpackham.bsky.social @wclnews.bsky.social

🦇 November is here and for bats periods of torpor are lasting longer. Some begin hibernation, to save energy over the colder months, when insects are harder to find. They are using stored fat as fuel.

🦇 Our #podcast #BatChat is back!! Listen to the first episode in your usual platform! We're starting this exciting new collection of interviews with our President, Chris Packham ! Steve Roe and Chris talk bats, Bills and the battle for Britain’s wildlife.

Wise words by Sir John Lawton: "There is no surrogate metric that can reliably assess conservation success or failure without knowing what is happening to populations of plants and animals in the landscape." Write to your MP today: act.bats.org.uk/urge-your-mp...

The first book on British bats was published in 1949 and described 12 bat species. We now know of 18 resident species of bat, each unique in its particular needs. We are still discovering more about all our bats but do check out our information pages www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/w...

🦇 This is the last chance to protect species from the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. Ask your MP to keep Amendment 130: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/11...

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 🦇

Bats fly fishing over the Tavy at dusk 🦇

Bats to the Rescue - How Madagascar's bats are helping to save the rainforest by fighting insect plagues in the country's rice fields. www.cam.ac.uk/stories/bats...

Bats can provide great value to agriculture by controlling crop-damaging insects extension.psu.edu/the-value-of...

Amendment 130 is the best chance to reduce the Planning and Infrastructure Bill’s risks to bat conservation. You can read more here: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/11... EMAIL YOUR MP: act.bats.org.uk/urge-your-mp... @chrisgpackham.bsky.social @wclnews.bsky.social

Wise words by Sir John Lawton: "There is no surrogate metric that can reliably assess conservation success or failure without knowing what is happening to populations of plants and animals in the landscape." Write to your MP today: act.bats.org.uk/urge-your-mp...

🦇 New blog on Substack - A Wild Child's Guide to Nature at Night by Dara McAnulty. Dara's third book shows you how to explore nature at night. Bats have been part of Dara's life since he was a young kid. Read on to find out more: batconservationtrust.substack.com/p/a-wild-chi...

🦇 This is the last chance to protect species from the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. Ask your MP to keep Amendment 130: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/11...

Why is consensus on environmental action so important? We asked Asad Rehman, chief executive @friends-earth.bsky.social, at our conference on Tuesday. Here’s what he said. #GAevent

🦇 #NameThatBat ! Help us choose collective nouns for bats this autumn: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/11... . Halloween may be over — but we still need your help to #NameThatBat! Join in and vote in Bat Conservation Trust's first bat naming competition.

🦇 To celebrate Dara McAnulty's new book 'A Wild Child's Guide to Nature at Night' we've partnered up with Pan Macmillan - one lucky person will get the chance to win a copy of the book + a Family Membership with us. To take part, just fill out this form : www.panmacmillan.com/a-wild-child...

🦇We are delighted to be part of this year's @biggive.bsky.social #ChristmasChallenge! This is a match-funding campaign - every donation we receive up to £10,000 will be doubled! Our campaign, 'A voice for bats', will raise funds to our policy and advocacy work: www.bats.org.uk/support-bats...

Guess who's back! 🦇 55 years missing: An international team led by the museum rediscovered the Turkestan long-eared bat in the Karakum Desert. Endemic species like 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘬𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 reveal how life adapts – and why protecting unique habitats matters. 🌏 📹 Christian Dietz #biodiversity #bats

🦇 Our #podcast #BatChat is back!! Listen to the first episode in your usual platform! We're starting this exciting new collection of interviews with our President, Chris Packham ! Steve Roe and Chris talk bats, Bills and the battle for Britain’s wildlife.

🦇 'Bats' are more than one species. They are an incredibly diverse group of mammals with 1,500 species that we know of. There is a huge diversity of sizes, colours, nose shapes, ear shapes, diet, habitat and more! In the UK, there are 18 resident species: www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/w...

🦇 It's Trustees Week so a lovely opportunity to thank all our trustees, past and present! All trustees give their time, expertise and support on a voluntary capacity and they share our vision of a world rich in wildlife where bats and people thrive together: www.bats.org.uk/the-trust/te...

📢 40+ NGOs have written to the PM urging him to uphold the Aarhus Convention – the cornerstone of environmental justice The Convention protects your right to: ✅ Access environmental information ✅ Have a say in decisions that affect nature ✅ Seek environmental justice affordably

After all, why should birds and other mammals have all the fun? Help us choose new collective nouns for 4 of our UK bat species! What should we call a group of common pipistrelles, noctules, Daubenton's bats or brown long-eared bats? Vote here by 26 Nov: forms.office.com/e/dmHqN3gp7M #NameThatBat

(1/2) 🦇 A group of bats can be called a colony, a cauldron, a cloud or even a camp but with 1,500 bat species worldwide (and 18 right here in the UK!), we think it’s time to get a little more imaginative. Surely our brilliant bat species deserve some names as unique as they are? #NameThatBat

Bat Conservation Trust's Dr Parvathy Venugopal on the @nationaltrust.org.uk #podcast Nature Fix talking all things #bats 🦇https://open.spotify.com/episode/4KAag7sDhwK6utLDggtMhX

Positive 🦇 story! #lovebats #britishbats #conservation #batconservation 🦇🖤🦇 BBC News - Bats move in to converted pumping station and WW2 pillbox - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Our new paper (brilliantly led by @theflyingpat.bsky.social) shows that birds & bats can naturally suppress rice pests in West African rice landscapes - offering a sustainable solution as global rice demand grows. www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/research-rev... @jesusoxford.bsky.social @iccs.bsky.social

🦇 Today is #OneHealthDay, a unified approach that recognises that all sectors must work together to achieve the health of animals, the environment and humans. Bats, people, and their ecosystems are closely connected, and so actions to support one part of this system also benefit the entire system.

🦇 Bats need a helping hand! Whether you adopt a bat for yourself, or as a unique gift for a friend or family member, you will be making a real difference to bats in the wild. It makes for a wonderful Christmas gift too: www.bats.org.uk/support-bats...

🦇We have developed a range of free resources to help you engage both young people and grown-ups with bats and the environment. Our resources will help give you the inspiration and practical advice you need to learn about bats and have fun!

Why are so many bats living in England's churches? On BBC Sounds: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... .

🦇 Halloween might be out of the way and bats starting to slowly disappear from our evenings, but our work does not stop. During autumn/winter we'll continue our work to protect bats. Help us and donate if you can: www.bats.org.uk/donate/pledge . Every donation, big or small, helps bats.

🦇 We are still receiving calls for injured and grounded bats, if you do find a bat that needs help, please contact the Bat Conservation Trust National Bat Helpline on 0345 1300 228 or report it via our website www.kentbatgroup.org.uk or simply google "help I've found a bat" for advice

🦇 There is a diverse range of work carried out - both on the ground and behind the scenes - to help secure the future of bats in our changing world: www.bats.org.uk/our-work From the National Bat Helpline and the National Bat Montioring Programme, through to collaborative projects and more!

🦇 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...

🦇 There are more than 80 bat groups in the UK, all run by volunteers and all on the front line of bat conservation. To find your local bat group and get involved see:

🦇 'Bats' are more than one species. They are an incredibly diverse group of mammals with 1,500 species that we know of. There is a huge diversity of sizes, colours, nose shapes, ear shapes, diet, habitat and more! In the UK, there are 18 resident species: www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/w...

🦇 November is here and for bats periods of torpor are lasting longer. Some begin hibernation, to save energy over the colder months, when insects are harder to find. They are using stored fat as fuel.

We are currently advertising two vacancies Bats in Churches Advisor (Maternity cover) - Deadline 9am, Monday 17th November 2025 Community Collaboration and Outreach Officer for Connecting People and Landscapes project - Deadline 9am Wednesday 12th November www.bats.org.uk/the-trust/jo... #bats🦇