Developer fined £7,400 for ignoring bat protection law
12th August 2022
Two directors for a housing developer have been prosecuted and fined £7,400 for renovating a former primary school in Monmouthshire without taking bats into account - on an estate that’s named after bats.
13th July 2022
In 1991, bat groups across the UK decided that bat conservation needed a national voice, and the Bat Conservation Trust was born
£4.2m lifeline for Scotland’s most vulnerable species
29th June 2022
Threatened species in Scotland have today received a £4.2m lifeline from The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Environmental targets consultation
15th June 2022
Bat Conservation Trust has responded to Defra’s environmental targets consultation and would encourage others to respond.
Local variations in fortunes of common pipistrelle – emerging patterns
27th May 2022
Early reviews of localised patterns for common pipistrelle suggest the picture is more complicated than it would at first seem. More work is required to delve into the matter of regional and local variability, but a first analysis throws up a map for England where there are surprisingly widespread areas where the data suggest declining populations.
Updated guidance for use of night vision aids for bat surveys
24th May 2022
New interim guidance note about the role of night vision aids for professional bat roost emergence surveys.
Britain’s bats edging towards recovery
19th May 2022
Good news from the darkness today - some of Britain’s bat species are edging towards recovery.
