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Posted on June 21, 2017

Soprano Pipistrelles emerging from a maternity roost

The video below shows Soprano Pipistrelles Pipistrellus pygmaeus emerging from a maternity roost at dusk during one of our bat surveys during June 2017. Soprano pipistrelle maternity roosts can number…

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Posted on March 16, 2015March 24, 2015

No evidence that bat bridges work

Bat bridges erected across many highways to reduce roadkill are not working, according to this article in the Independent. During an interview with this newspaper, John Altringham, Professor of Ecology and…

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Posted on June 13, 2014June 13, 2014

Monitoring a Soprano pipistrelle maternity roost

Our staff are currently undertaking a large number of bat surveys and last night we discovered a major soprano pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus maternity roost in the roof of a private…

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Posted on January 25, 2014March 21, 2014

Could bats be an issue for offshore wind farms?

There is increasing evidence that wind energy developments have the potential to have significant negative impacts on bat populations (Voigta et al, 2012). Both Bat Conservation Ireland (Bat Conservation Ireland, 2012) and the Bat Conservation…

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Posted on November 25, 2013January 26, 2014

Wind turbines unlikely to cause fatal barotrauma in bats

For years scientists have speculated that the unexpected number of bat fatalities around wind farms is the result of barotrauma-related injuries. Baerwald et al (2008) published a paper entitled ‘Barotrauma is…

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Posted on July 3, 2013August 3, 2013

Wind turbines can have a long range impact on bat populations

Wind turbines and wind farms can cause problems for bats , and according to researchers the pressure differences that build up as the blades turn can implode the inner organs and lungs…

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Posted on April 18, 2013April 18, 2013

Small wind turbines ‘halve’ bat numbers

A boom in the use of small wind turbines could be halving bat numbers in areas where they are put up, new research has suggested. The Stirling University study recommended micro…

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Posted on April 18, 2013

Britain’s bats are in trouble – here’s what we can do to help

Bats have long been the victims of bad publicity. Misunderstood and misrepresented, they are widely feared, but these little mammals are useful allies in the garden: just one bat will…

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