<p>What bats do you have and </p><p>how can you help them </p><p>• About British bats </p><p>• What bats you have – including rarities </p><p>• Projects of interest • What we can all do for all bats </p><p><strong>UK bat species </strong></p><p>Horseshoe family </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Horseshoes </li><li style="flex:1">Greater horseshoe </li></ul><p></p><p><strong>British bats </strong></p><p>Lesser horseshoe </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Myotis bats </li><li style="flex:1">Alcathoe bat </li></ul><p></p><p>Bechstein’s bat Brandt’s bat Daubenton’s bat Natterer’s bat </p><p>Whiskered </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Big bats </li><li style="flex:1">Noctule </li></ul><p>Vesper family </p><p>- evening bats </p><p>or common bat </p><p>Leisler’s bat </p><p>Serotine </p><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Pipistrelles </li><li style="flex:1">Common pipistrelle </li></ul><p>(Pipistrellus) </p><p>Soprano pipistrelle </p><p>Nathusius’ pipistrelle </p><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Brown long-eared bat </li><li style="flex:1">Long-eareds </li></ul><p>(Plecotus) </p><p><strong>© Ash Murray </strong><br><strong>© Ash Murray </strong></p><p>Grey long-eared bat Barbastelle </p><p><strong>17 species of bats </strong></p><p><strong>breed in the UK </strong></p><p>Unique in their power of flight </p><p>Where bats live </p><p> Bats use different roosts at different times of the year </p><p> Bats often roost in buildings and other built structures </p><p> Some bats only roost in trees  Some bats will also roost in </p><p>bat boxes </p><p>Bat habitats: roosts </p><p>Where bats feed </p><p> Bats need good foraging habitat&nbsp;near to where they roost </p><p> Good foraging habitats are those that support insects (and </p><p>a range of other biodiversity) <br> Bats will feed over water, woodland, marshy areas, hedgerows, grazed and semi-improved grassland </p><p> Connectivity and unlit green infrastructure is important </p><p>Bat habitats: foraging </p><p>• Suitable feeding areas close to roost sites </p><p>• Good variety and </p><p>number of insects </p><p>• Sheltered areas where insects can be caught more easily </p><p>Bat habitats: linkages </p><p>• Linear features such as hedgerows and </p><p>other flight-line features <br>• Vital for bats to navigate from roost to feeding area </p><p>How do they hunt in the dark? </p><p> Bats hunt insects in flight in the dark using sound </p><p> Bats calls are above our hearing range, bat detectors to </p><p>listen to their calls </p><p> Pipistrelle can eat over 3,000 midges in one night  Noctules eat larger insects such as beetles and cockchafers </p><p>Eavesdropping on bats </p><p>Devon’s bats </p><p>© Hugh&nbsp;Clark </p><p>The grey long-eared bat – what </p><p>are we doing in Devon </p><p>Grey long-eared bats roost </p><p>locations </p><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Working with local communities </li><li style="flex:1">Bats in Churches </li></ul><p></p><p>HLF development stage approval </p><p>The project will: </p><p>• trial and perfect new techniques to enable bats and church congregations to live together </p><p>• build up professional expertise and volunteer </p><p>skill to share the best solutions with more churches and other historic buildings <br>• bring together church communities, bat enthusiasts and local communities to create a shared understanding and appreciation of churches and bats </p><p>• run a new national survey to find out how bats use churches across England and create a database to share information with all key stakeholders </p><p>Count Bat </p><p>What we can all do for bats </p><p>Go out and listen! </p><p>• Go out at dusk and listen for bats on a detector </p><p>• Watch bats emerge from a known roost • Look out for other signs of bats </p><p>Bats you might see in Devon </p><p>Daubenton’s </p><p>bat <br>Brown longeared bat <br>Pipistrelles <br>Noctule </p><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Largest bat </li><li style="flex:1">Medium bat </li></ul><p></p><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Smallest bat </li><li style="flex:1">Medium bat </li></ul><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Wingspan 32-45cm </li><li style="flex:1">Wingspan 23-27cm </li></ul><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Wingspan 18-24cm </li><li style="flex:1">Wingspan 24-28cm </li></ul><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Emerges at sunset </li><li style="flex:1">Emerges 30-60mins </li></ul><p>after sunset <br>Emerges 15-20mins after sunset <br>Emerges after dark Slow fluttering flight <br>Long thin wings, flies&nbsp;Flies low over water straight, high and fast <br>Fast turning flight has large hairy feet </p><p>Rarer bats you might see around </p><p>here </p><p>• Greater and lesser horseshoe bats </p><p>National Bat Monitoring <br>Programme since 1996 </p><p>How do we monitor bats? </p><p>• Counts at roosts </p><p>• Activity surveys using bat detectors </p><p>Summer Roost Counts </p><p>Winter Hibernation Survey <br>Field Survey <br>Waterway Survey </p><p>NBMP </p><p>Bat boxes </p><p>• Put up a bat box </p><p>. important because bats losing natural roosts </p><p>• Lots of different designs • Place as high as convenient and in direct sunlight for part of the day </p><p>• Three boxes can be put up on one </p><p>tree – N, SE, SW <br>• Readily available to buy or can make your own! </p><p>Gardening for bats </p><p>• Plants attract insects; insects attract bats! • Choose the right plants e.g. night-scented, pale </p><p>• Wet area or pond </p><p>• Avoid chemicals </p><p>Bat Care </p><p>Devon Bat Group &amp; BCT </p>