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Gail Armstrong @gailbatlady.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

To all those heading to the National Bat Conference this weekend, I hope you have a productive a d enjoyable time. #NatBatConf #lovebats

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Gail Armstrong @gailbatlady.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

🦇🦇🦇 Basking on the warm floor of his temporary home, the little long eared bat has increased his weight to over 8g this morning. That's a 65% increase in less than four days. Don't they know how to grab that second chance? Even I am surprised. 😅 Release tomorrow night. #lovebats #batcare

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Gail Armstrong @gailbatlady.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

🦇🦇🦇 The bright lights of Bowness town centre lured this Brown long-eared youngster out of his woodland home. Desperately thin when rescued at 4.87g. He drank puppy milk, ate a waxworm and now thinks he doesn't need me anymore. He will be here a while, I'd say he's misinformed. 😅 #lovebats #batcare

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Gail Armstrong @gailbatlady.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

🦇 It's that time of year when young, naïve bats turn up in places they would be better off steering clear of. Any bat that is on the ground or out in the open might need help. Thanks to Claire from AC Gallery in Kendal who found out who to call, this girl will be lucky .... #lovebats #batcare

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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

🦇 Want to help us win £1,000 ? All you have to do is nominate the Bat Conservation Trust here: movementforgood.com/draws/1000/?... . All you have to do is add your contact details. Please share. As a thank you, here is a cute photo of a brown long-eared bat (c) Hugh Clark

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Gail Armstrong @gailbatlady.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

🦇🦇🦇 "I'm a tired and hungry bat so I will just sit in your hand and eat your food" So easy to help sometimes 🥰 Juvenile female Myotis brandtii #lovebats #batcare

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Gail Armstrong @gailbatlady.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

🦇 I've cared for a lot of bats of different species over 30 years. But is there anything to beat a dinky juvenile soprano pipistrelle? #lovebats #batcare #cuteness

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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

🦇 Did you know brown long-eared bats love perching in their favourite spot and eat moths? They are not so keen on the wings though... This photo, taken by Mike Mullis, is a collection of moth wings left by a brown long-eared bat from underneath its feeding roosts in his barn in East Sussex (cont)

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Gail Armstrong @gailbatlady.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

🦇 I hope your day is going better than this little guy. Note: he's off the trap, tired and sore but I hope he'll recover. You can avoid trapping bats and birds by placing the sticky trap inside a cage bird feeder. #lovebats #batcare

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Gail Armstrong @gailbatlady.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

🦇🦇🦇 Four week old pipistrelle "Hey, I got wings!" #batcare #lovebats

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Gail Armstrong @gailbatlady.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

🦇 This girl pipistrelle is about five weeks old and weighs 4.75g which tells me she had a good start and was doing well. Until a cat took her home. 😔 Massive haematoma on her wrist. We will do our best to get her a second chance. #lovebats #batcare #keepyourcatinatnight

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Gail Armstrong @gailbatlady.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

🦇 "I put all the dead things under a bush" said the cat lady. Still alive next evening, he came into care, body full of air (cat claw puncture). A lovely vet technician drew it off with fine needle. He's svelte again but very grumpy about the whole experience. Well you would be. #batcare #lovebats

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Gail Armstrong @gailbatlady.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Meet Sooty 🦇 Lucky to be rescued from woodburner. Noise heard was actually a starling & Sooty was just a lucky bystander. Both rescued safely, starling showed no gratitude & flew off in a panic. Sooty gratefully & calmly sipped rehydration fluid offered. Poor thirsty boy. #lovebats #batcare

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Gail Armstrong @gailbatlady.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

🦇 The moment a mother bat finds her lost pup, tells it off for wandering before flying back home with it hanging on tight ... #lovebats #batcare

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Gail Armstrong @gailbatlady.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

We monitored our boiler house soprano pipistrelles last night. Sunset 21:40 First bat 21:11 All done by 22:04 Final Total 394 bats emerged Text books tell us that they will *start* emerging 15-20 minutes after sunset. Our feisty little soprano pips care not for books #lovebats #NBMP

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Gail Armstrong @gailbatlady.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

If you can't do a lot, do something. Three years between these photos and so much life has arrived. #loveponds #dosomething

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Gail Armstrong @gailbatlady.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Though she be but small, she is fierce. A typical whiskered bat, does not yet realise she needs my help. Or appreciate my efforts. So gorgeous. 🥰🦇 #lovebats #batcare

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Gail Armstrong @gailbatlady.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

First year of life is tough for any bat. Probably born last June, this one was a tad under 4g when found wedged behind a pipe at ground level. Now she knows that mealworms are food, she will get a second chance to thrive and could live more than 30 years. Remarkable bat. #lovebats #batcare 🦇

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Gail Armstrong @gailbatlady.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

🦇 🥰 Tonic immobility aka "playing dead" can happen when an exhausted bat feels threatened. It's one way to make a predator lose interest. This little guy doesn't yet know I'm his friend. #yougotafriendinme #batcare #lovebats

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Gail Armstrong @gailbatlady.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

🦇🥰🦇 Bat care can be hard but it can be brilliant too. Beautiful ♂️ noctule bat came in two days ago, found with torn wing membrane. Fed himself from a dish on night 1, gaining weight and has started healing process already (new white skin along edge). Go on bro, make my job easy 😊#lovebats #batcare

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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

🦇 We've teamed up with DontSendMeACard.com where you can support our work by donating what it would have cost to send cards. There are some lovely Valentine's Day e-cards here: buff.ly/PODaBxQ

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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

🦇 A new episode of our #podcast #BatChat is coming this Wednesday, 11 Feb! Not long to wait now. Catch up with the last episode or your favourites here: www.bats.org.uk/resources/ba...

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Gail Armstrong @gailbatlady.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

This beautiful Noctule bat found on the ground with a damaged wing. He's settled in well, I just caught him eating "second breakfast" .... 😅🦇 #lovebats #batcare

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Darren Archer @dunnock67.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

There’s got to be some weird stuff going on in that Pintails head #wheresacuta

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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

🦇 We've teamed up with DontSendMeACard.com where you can support our work by donating what it would have cost to send cards. There are some lovely Valentine's Day e-cards here: www.dontsendmeacard.com/ecards/chari...

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Gail Armstrong @gailbatlady.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Please sign up to DontSendMeACard ...... you know it makes sense. 🦇

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Gail Armstrong @gailbatlady.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

It's the season when bat workers survey for hibernating bats. In caves, tunnels and even bat boxes We came back muddy, cold and bramble-bashed but we had a great day. #lovebats #hibernation 🦇🦇🦇

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Dave A @batworker.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Love bats 🦇 Nietoperek census 2026 is a mind blowing experience. So honoured to have the chance to take part in the weekend.

Hibernating Greater Mouse Eared bats in Nietoperek tunnel system.

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Gail Armstrong @gailbatlady.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Good luck to the international team of bat workers carrying out the annual census at Nietoperek bat reserve in Poland. #lovebats #hibernation 🥰🦇

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Gail Armstrong @gailbatlady.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

More than 30 years a bat carer and almost fooled last night by a bat playing dead. I watched, waited, turned him over, poked him. Finally put him on table, turned to see him trundling across. This morning he's had a bit of mealworm and even tried a flutter to my slipper. 🤞🏽for Lazarus 🥰🦇🤞🏽🤞🏽

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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

🦇 We have some very exciting news to share... The Bat Conservation Trust's Nocturnal Garden will debut at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026! Designed by Melanie Hick and sponsored by Project Giving Back. Read more about the garden here: www.bats.org.uk/news/2026/01... .

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The Bat Conservation Trust's Nocturnal Garden debuts at RHS Chelsea Flower Show - News - Bat Conservation Trust

The Bat Conservation Trust is showcasing its first-ever RHS Chelsea Flower Show garden!

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Gail Armstrong @gailbatlady.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

30 volunteers covered 199 bat calls over 5,000 square kilometres of Northern England in 2025. I love them all, they respond with enthusiasm and good humour to enable bats to be given a second chance. Merry Christmas and may all bats stay safely tucked up for the New Year. #lovebats #batcare

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Gail Armstrong @gailbatlady.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Bats can find themselves in need of help at any time of year. This little guy is call number 197 for 2025. He is pretty miserable, cold and weak but already responding well to our offer of B&B for the holiday season..... #lovebats #batcare #batsareforchristmas

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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

🦇A new episode of our podcast, BatChat, is out now - The Hoffman Kiln: Where Bats Reclaim the Dales. North of Settle in the Yorkshire Dales lies the Hoffman Kiln, a relic of the industrial revolution. It's now an important site for bats of the Dales all year round.

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Gail Armstrong @gailbatlady.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

🦇 Bat box scheme in old quarry phenomenally successful for pipistrelle sp. and has also attracted occasional long-eared bats. But yesterday we all did happy dances when we found a Noctule bat in a "small hollow" box, 4.5m up beech tree, good flight lines. #lovebats #greenwoodsecohabitats

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John Altringham @johnaltringham.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

A bat we ringed 20 years ago. Study long since over, data analysed, published, a small chapter in a bigger story. We all moved on to new challenges, new jobs. To us it's history. But this wee fella gets on with life, still doing what he did then. Surviving in a world we are fast turning upside down.

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Dave A @batworker.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Massive influx of Natterer’s bats at valley level marks the official start of hibernation season (last week they were still swarming). And the cherry on top was the return of Z0266, a bat ringed as an adult in 2005. That makes four 21+ year old 🦇 still turning up ( @johnaltringham.bsky.social )

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Gail Armstrong @gailbatlady.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Dinky little long eared bat thought he'd found a great winter roost behind a disused loo at a heritage site in Cumbria. He was unexpectedly uncovered during work, came into care for a check up and added 20% to his weight in two days. Such a sweetie, he goes home tonight. #lovebats #batcare 🦇🥰

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Environmental Audit Committee @commonseac.parliament.uk · 17/11/2025

Nature is not the blocker to 1.5 million homes, instead it’s a necessity for building resilient towns and neighbourhoods. Read our new report on environmental sustainability and housing growth ⬇️ publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cm...

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Gail Armstrong @gailbatlady.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

As winter approaches, bats are less active but our team doesn't rest as long as there are bats that need help. This tiny bat found on rail platform, caked in black grease and very weak. Though situation improved he is not out of the woods yet. But he found his voice & appetite. #lovebats #batcare 🦇🤞

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Gail Armstrong @gailbatlady.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

It seems it works to quote "blockages" even though the developers have not provided the information requested....

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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

🦇 Most UK bat species evolved to use trees as roosts, while many also hunt in woodland. Explore how bats use and rely on woodlands and trees in our 'Bats and woodland' pages: www.bats.org.uk/our-work/lan...

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Gail Armstrong @gailbatlady.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Some rubbish weather has come along at a bad time for young 🦇🦇🦇 trying to bulk up for hibernation. Speakers up to listen to this grateful-not-grateful hungry little Myotis mystacinus. He is, though, very gorgeous. 🥰🦇 #lovebats #batcare

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Gail Armstrong @gailbatlady.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Feeding cat-attacked bat. Loosely wrapped, its snatching mealies & drinking water. Do it with no 2nd thought. Then it hits me. It's a tiny vulnerable wild creature. Not scared, still feisty, behaving as it should. But srsly just accepting my help. It's a special thing we do. #lovebats #batcare 🥰 🦇

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