iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reed McKay

@reedswillows.bsky.social

She/Her Life, liberty and the pursuit of bats Norwegian University of Life Sciences - BatLab Norway arcg.is/0Kmqvm All opinions and views shared here are my own. orcid.org/0000-0003-3010-6917

Posts Replies Media

Reposted by Reed McKay

Mara Zebele @ma-zeb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Yesterday we finally caught our first FEMALE nathusius pipistrelle of the year! Anyone else has found any so far? Tracking migration along SW Norwegian coast #bats #migration #conservation #research

Nathusius pipistrelle with tracking device

121

Reposted by Reed McKay

Alberta Community Bat Program/Western Bat Program 🦇 @albertabats.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

#BREAKINGNEWS 🦇🌍 The world now has 1,500 recognized bat species! 🎉 The global list at www.batnames.org just hit this milestone. New bats are found through fieldwork in remote places & genetic discoveries. Amazing biodiversity news! #Bats #Biodiversity #BatsNeedFriends

A collage of bat photos of species from around the world. Photos are contributions from photographers who have kindly allowed us to use their work for education and conservation. Text reads "Celebrate Bats!" and 1500.

410040

Reed McKay @reedswillows.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Me and my colleagues at BatLab Norway at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences are delighted to announce that we have deployed 7 new Motus stations along the southwestern coast of Norway. (More info in the following posts) #Motus #Pipistrellusnathusii #Bats #BatMigration

Reed (left) and Maris Pärn (right) with the Tungenes station in Randaberg municipality.

Map of the 7 Motus stations deployed by the Noctur project - from the Motus.org website.

Male Nathusius's pipistrelle radio-tagged at Lista Bird Observatory on the Noctur project. Photo: Sara Kristoffersson

181