Last year, the Saxon State Office for the Environment, Agriculture and Geology published a reprint of the brochure “Fledermausquartiere an Gebäuden” (Bat Quarters on Buildings), which was created by the long-standing expert Christiane Schmidt. It is now the 4th edition
Project on bat migration in Europe
Our French colleagues from the Natural History Museum in Paris have launched a Europe-wide project onmigration routes (Bat migration routes in Europe)in which you can actively participate. With the help of bioacoustic recordings, the migratory behaviour of bat species that
Contributions of the Summer Conference in the Spandau Citadel
On 19/06/21 the first summer conference of the German Bat Observatory took place in the tranquil vaults in the Citadel Spandau (Berlin) in cooperation with the Berlin Species Protection Team (BAT e.V.) and the Working Group Applied Zoology and Nature
Poster for the differentiation of Pipistrellus species published
Burkhard Kern, in cooperation with the Arbeitskreis Fledermäuse Sachsen-Anhalt e.V., has produced a vivid poster that is intended to help to distinguish the four Pipistrellus species occurring in Central Europe. PDF Download
New issue of the “Journal of Bat Research and Conservation”
New issue of the “Journal of Bat Research and Conservation” published, Volume 14 (1) 2021, the successor of the former Spanish journal “Barbastella”. The issue is published open access, i.e. all articles can be downloaded free of charge as PDF.
Nyctalus Volume 19 Issue 4-5 (2021) published
A new issue of Nyctalus has been published – Volume 19 Issues 4-5 can now be ordered: https://nyctalus.com/bestellung/ (Note for subscribers: The issue will be delivered next week) Content (https://nyctalus.com/alle-hefte/band-19-heft-4-5/): Original studies Röse, N., Sauerbier, W. & Fritze, M.: Long-term
New issue of Acta Chiropterologica
New issue of Acta Chiropterologica published. The content can be found under the following link: https://bioone.org/journals/acta-chiropterologica/current
Influence of weather on births, body size and survival of bats
This year’s long cold spring is raising concerns among many bat protectors about upcoming births. Malnutrition in female bats is known to cause abortion to avoid pregnancy and raising young under poor nutritional conditions. Long dry periods and the increasingly
Artificial lighting reduces the use of wildlife-crossing structures for bats
The construction of wildlife-crossing structures (especially underpasses and green bridges) for the obstacle-free overcoming of highly frequented traffic routes is the subject of many current plans as a concept for the reconnection of habitats. Bats are also increasingly taken into
BfN Script “Fledermaussschutz in Europa III” released (German language)
Die neue Publikation des Bundesamtes für Naturschutz (BfN) enthält neben der aus früheren Auflagen bekannten umfangreichen Datensammlung in Form der Berichte der Bundesländer zur Nationalen Strategie auch die Beschlüsse der letzten EUROBATS-Vertragsstaatenkonferenzen aus den Jahren 2014 und 2018. Damit sind