Winner of the Kate Barlow Award 2017

12th May 2017

It is with great pleasure that we are able to announce that Kristen Lear (PhD student at the University of Georgia) is the first recipient of the Kate Barlow Award.

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Convictions for bat crime at Leamington Spa Magistrates Court

4th May 2017

On Tuesday 11th April 2017 Magistrates sitting at Leamington Spa Court heard a case relating to the destruction of a bat roost. In passing sentence, in the opinion of the Bat Conservation Trust, they did great disservice to bat conservation and the wider fight against wildlife crime.

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Study into Wing Venation of Pipistrelle Species

20th April 2017

Request for help from UK bat workers for a study into the wing venation of the different pipistrelle species.

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National Lottery backs ambitious plan to save twenty species threatened with extinction

31st March 2017

Back from the Brink is the first nationwide coordinated effort to bring a wide range of leading charities and conservation bodies together to save threatened species.

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Wildlife Acoustics is sponsoring the Bat Conservation Trust events in 2017

7th March 2017

We are very pleased to announce that Wildlife Acoustics has agreed to be the exclusive sponsor for Bat Conservation Trust events in 2017. We are very grateful for this ongoing committed support.

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Bat Mitigation Project – Call for Case Studies

23rd February 2017

We are appealing for consultants to provide the details of any bat roost mitigation case studies which fit our broad criteria

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Tam Dalyell 1932-2017; a bat friendly voice in parliament

9th February 2017

We are grateful for his contribution and sad that bat conservation has lost another friend.

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Bats and churches to benefit thanks to National Lottery

8th February 2017

A new project bridging the gap between bat conservation and the protection of historic churches has received £3.8million of National Lottery support.

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