During the Bat Conservation Trust's National Bat Conference (Dutham, Sept 2025) we had the pleasure of catching up with many old friends, & meeting some new ones. Here we have created a podcast which includes some of the many people we engaged with. Massive thanks to all, including the following podcast participants - in order of appearance, as follows: Nigel Massen (Pelagic Publishing) Steve Powell/Daniel Moonen (NHBS Ltd) Oliver Devereux (Thomas Jacks Ltd) Andrew Milner/Liat Wicks/Kate Volodarets (Thermal Vision Ecology) Sarah Deans (Lotek UK Ltd) Tiffany Jedrecka/Kate Denton (Nature Metrics) Sam Davis (Reflex Cameras) Josef Carlson (BioSonic, Sweden) Andreia Correia da Costa (Bat Conservation Trust) Carrie-Ann Coxon Illustrations David Koller (Elekon AG - Switzerland) Dilly Hoyt (Fox Mountain Glassworks) Martin Bailey (Wildlife & Countryside Services / Poland Trips) Paul Howden-Leach (Wildlife Acoustics)

Here we are delighted to be speaking with George Bemment about the recently published 'Bats & Ladders, Stories from the Real World of Bat Conservation'. George has been involved with mammals her whole working life, as a zookeeper for 5 years, before taking a zoology degree & then in 1988 joining a national bat conservation project. Professional & voluntary bat work has dominated her life. A mammalogist at heart, she has also taught as a part-time lecturer in mammalogy (Exeter University), sat on the Council of the Mammal Society, & is a founding member of the Devon Mammal Group

Bats & Ladders - find out more about the book here

The Bat Conservation Trust

Every month Aileen Hendry (BatAbility Courses & Tuition) is joined by Neil Middleton to deliver a 'light-hearted' monthly update for our BatAbility Club members. We are sharing it here for the benefit of anyone who wishes to find out more about what we are up to.

If you are not a Club member, but would like to know more about how to join up, please go to the following link: batability.co.uk/batability-club/

Anne Youngman was the Bat Conservation Trust’s (BCT) first Scottish Bat Officer from 2003 to 2017, & is very well known & respected within the bat community. This is her 4th time on Talking Bat, & on this occasion we focus on her latest challenge, this time to complete the 100 km St Cuthbert’s Way ultra-marathon. A challenge that could take >19 hours to complete. Did she do it? Find out here. Why? It’s all for charity \o/ in order to raise money for The Bat Conservation Trust.

Make your donation here on Anne's Just Giving page.

A 'one off' special just for our podcast audience. Aileen Hendry interviews Neil Middleton about the recent Talking Bat milestones achieved: >100 episodes & >10,000 downloads.

^o^ A massive thanks to all of our amazing guests & all of our fabulous listeners. :-)

If you are not a Club member, but would like to know more about how to join up, please go to the following link: batability.co.uk/batability-club/

Thought provoking, engaging, entertaining & aspirational are all things we can say about our guest, Lucy McRobert. In addition to her role at The Sound Approach, Lucy writes a monthly column for the hugely respected Birdwatch magazine, & has authored two books, so far (more on the way!). Really enjoyed our chat, & getting her perspectives on so many aspects of life, being a birder & being an author.

Blue's Planet (Australia) book

365 Days Wild book

Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust

Every month Aileen Hendry (BatAbility Courses & Tuition) is joined by Neil Middleton to deliver a 'light-hearted' monthly update for our BatAbility Club members. We are sharing it here for the benefit of anyone who wishes to find out more about what we are up to.

If you are not a Club member, but would like to know more about how to join up, please go to the following link: batability.co.uk/batability-club/

Delighted to invite James Shipman back for a second time on our Talking... series. This time we are focussing on his recently published book: Identifying Bats of Britain & Ireland - A Field Workers Guide

Bat Conservation Trust