What bats eat around the world
21st October 2024
We all know bats eat insects and blood, but what else do bats eat? Join BCT Trustee Matthew Terry as we explore what bats eat around the world and the special skills and adaptations different species have to help them feed. This workshop is free, but you are invited to make an optional donation towards BCT's conservation work if you are able.
In conversation about bats - Nils Bouillard and Shirley Thompson
25th October 2024
In 2019, Nils Bouillard undertook the challenge of a Big Bat Year - travelling around the world to see as many bat species as he could (over 400 species across 30 countries!) sharing some of his experiences in his book Big Bat Year - A Conservation Story. Shirley Thompson also has a fund of bat stories gathered over more than 40 years of bat work, both in the UK and on overseas trips. You are invited to join them online on Friday 25th October as they swap tales and share experiences in conversation about bats. This is a free event, with optional donations towards BCT's bat conservation work.
29th October 2024
A fun, interactive event where both teams share fun facts to try and prove their animal is the best - but ultimately the final vote is by the audience - who will you vote for? Already joining Team Beetle this year we have Suzanne Burgess and Sally Morris from Buglife as well as author and beetle enthusiast MG Leonard and Ashleigh Whiffin an entomology curator from Edinburgh National Museums. And assembling for Team Bat, we have Naomi Webster, Philip Briggs from BCT and Gail Armstrong and her bats from North Lancashire Bat Group. This free online event is open to all ages. There is an optional donation which will be split between BCT and Buglife.
