BAT E-BULLETIN           
Issue 8: September 2007
 
The Bat e-Bulletin is a Bat Conservation Trust (BCT) initiative aimed at
providing a regular and up-to-date source of information on a wide range of
bat-related topics. Short news items in this bulletin are linked to more
detailed articles in PDF format on the BCT website. Future issues will
include something for everyone: research, mitigation, bat group news, bat
care, rabies, wind farms, licensing, training, biodiversity information and
links to other sites.
 
These are just a few ideas - we welcome thoughts and suggestions on future
articles, and most importantly, contributions!
 
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What are bats doing in September?
 
* Mating occurs through the autumn and bats can often be seen “swarming”
outside the roost. Bats will begin to store up fat to last them through the
winter.
 
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In this issue:
 
* Look out for dormice!
* Bat Crime Report now available
* South East England Regional Bat Conference
* Bat soup!
* New book on European bats
* Special journal issue on bats
*   Wales Bat Workers Day
 
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* Look out for dormice
 
For those of you who may be checking bat boxes in the coming weeks or
months, please keep an eye open for dormice, or indeed any small mammal,
that might be using the boxes. If you find dormice or other small mammals
in bat boxes please send the records to Ian White, Dormouse Officer,
Peoples Trust for Endangered Species, 15 Cloisters House, 8 Battersea Park
Road, London SW8 4BG. E-mail: Ian@ptes.org
 
* Bat Crime Report now available
 
An updated report on bat crime is now available from BCT. The report, Bat
Related Crime - report update, covers the period July 2004 to April 2007
and covers incidents notified to BCT as well as target areas and actions
needed to reduce bat-related crime. A copy of the report can be downloaded
from http://www.bats.org.uk/batlaw/documents/BatRelatedCrime.pdf
 
 
* South East England Regional Bat Conference
 
A South East England Regional Bat Conference is planned for Spring 2008,
with guest speakers, local input, workshops and discussions. It will be
held at the University of Greenwich, Medway Campus, Chatham, Kent, on
Saturday 19 April 2008. The expected cost is £25.00.
 
There will be a special emphasis on serotine bats, a species which appears
to be in decline in south-east England. To register an interest, please
send the following details to the conference organiser (details below),
preferably by e-mail, to ensure you receive notification as soon as booking
is open.
 
Name, Organisation/Bat Group, Address including Postcode,  E-mail,
Telephone Number
 
Conference Organiser, 5 Manor Road, Tankerton, Whitstable, Kent CT5 2JT E-
mail: shirley.t@noctule.info
 
* Bat soup!
 
This Halloween, BCT has teamed up with New Covent Garden Food Company, to
raise awareness about bats. The company’s October Soup of the Month, Hubble
Bubble Toil & Trouble: Pumpkin and Three Peppers, has been created in
support of BCT. The soup will feature the BCT logo, information about bats
and a promotion for membership of BCT. New Covent Garden Food Co. has also
generously donated money to BCT.  
 
The soup will be available in supermarkets and independent retailers
nationwide throughout October.
 
http://www.newcoventgardenfood.com
 
* New book on European bats
 
A new book on European bats has recently been published. Handbuch der
Fledermäuse Europas und Nordwestafrikas Biologie, Kennzeichen, Gefährdung
by Christian Dietz, Otto von Helversen and Dietmar Nill, published by
Kosmos Verlag, covers all of the bat species found in Europe along with
species also found in north-west Africa. It includes recently described
species. Chapters cover general biology and ecology; there is also an
illustrated key to bats and individual species accounts. This 400-page book
is profusely illustrated with excellent photographs and maps; the text is
in German. This will certainly become a key reference for European bats.
This book costs £44.50 and can be ordered from Natural History Book
Service.
http://www.nhbs.com/handbuch_der_fledermäuse_europas_und_nordwestafrikas_te
fno_153798.html&tab_tag=album
 
* Special journal issue on bats
 
A new journal, Endangered Species Research, is planning a special issue on
bat conservation in mid-2008. If you are interested in submitting a
manuscript please follow this link
 
http://www.int-res.com/journals/esr/esr-specials/bats-status-threats-and-
conservation-successes/
 
* Wales Bat Workers’ Day
 
The annual Wales Bat Workers’ Day will take place on Saturday, 27th October
2007 at the Media Resources Centre (MRC), Llandrindod Wells, Powys. There
are a few places left. For more information and a booking form follow this
link:
 
http://www.bats.org.uk/news_events/BateBulletinDownloads.asp
 
 
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Bat e-Bulletin is compiled and written by Simon Mickleburgh at the Bat
Conservation Trust.
 
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The next issue of Bat e-Bulletin will be circulated in November 2007. Any
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14th November 2007 at the latest.
 
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