Bat monitoring
The main aim of Bat Conservation Ireland is to help conserve Irish bats. In order to ensure Irish bats are being conserved it is important to know roughly how many bats there are in the first place, and to find out how their populations are doing. Regular monitoring is the key to picking up any declining (or increasing) trends, which are in turn, important in forming conservation policy and management on a nationwide and EU level.
Car monitoring
Bat Conservation Ireland, in partnership with The Bat Conservation Trust (of the UK), has been administering a car-based monitoring scheme since 2004. To download pdf files of presentations from the Car Monitoring Seminar that was held in Dublin on December 3rd 2009, please click on the following links
The Indicator Bats Program: Methods, Results and New Developments. Jon Russ, BCT and iBats.
Irish Car-Based Bat Monitoring - Into the Future. Niamh Roche, Bat Conservation Ireland
Bat monitoring by car and foot in the Netherlands. Jasja Dekker, VZZ Netherlands (Dutch Mammal Society)
Analysing Results from Car-Based Bat Monitoring Schemes Compared with Foot-Based Surveys. Steve Langton, Statistician.
BATLAS 2010
The BATLAS 2010 project is drawing to a close. We have been increasing our knowledge of bats throughout the country and filling in the many gaps where no bats have yet been recorded. Click here for more information on the BATLAS 2010 survey.
Waterways
The Daubenton's Bat Waterways Survey continues each summer. We need YOU to volunteer for this important conservation work. It takes place over two evenings in August and is easy to carry out.
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Click here for more information about the waterways survey, and details on how to volunteer
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