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Talking Bat

Welcome to the Talking Bat podcast series from BatAbility Courses & Tuition. Every month we interview someone important, influential, inspirational or just darn right bat-tastic from the world of bats or from the wider world of ecology/natural history/conservation. These interviews are carried out in a relaxed, conversational style, as we dive deeper into the background of our amazing guests. To find out more about BatAbility visit: www.batability.co.uk To find out more about BatAbility Club

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01:10:04

Talking Bat with Dr Ian Davidson-Watts...

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2024/01/19

Originally from the UK, & now living in New Zealand, Ian Davidson-Watts is highly respected internationally as a bat researcher & consultant. His career to date has had many twists & turns, across a number of roles & countries, as you will hear about during this fascinating insight into his life. Find out more about Davidson-Watts Ecology here Find out more about GoFundMe 'Save the Isle Of Wight Bat Hospital' here

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01:27:21

Talking Bat with Dr Sandie Sowler (Bat Researcher,...

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2024/01/12

Hooked onto natural history from early childhood, Sandie Sowler commenced with her first serious venture into bats in 1969 whilst still at university. Since then she has achieved a huge amount & contributed significantly to the world of bats. Highly respected internationally, during this interview we talk about her early research, her time within the consultancy sector, as well as her experiences contributing to the delivery of training courses and survey guidelines (in particular within the UK

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02:13:13

Talking Bat with Dr Jon Russ (Consultant, Researcher...

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2024/01/04

Jon Russ is hugely respected & well known to us all as the author of books relating to bat acoustics & identification, he also has his own consultancy business, Ridgeway Ecology. During this in depth interview into his back-story & life experiences we explore in some detail his academic research, some projects he has been heavily involved with (e.g. the Nathusius' pipistrelle in GB & Northern Ireland), as well, of course, the popular books themselves, including the recently published

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Talking Club (January 2024) with Aileen Hendry

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2023/12/29

Every month Aileen Hendry (BatAbility Courses & Tuition) is joined by Neil Middleton to deliver a 'light-hearted' monthly update for our BatAbility Club members. We are sharing it here for the benefit of anyone who wishes to find out more about what we are up to. If you are not a Club member, but would like to know more about how to join up, please go to the following link: batability.co.uk/batability-club/

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01:16:35

Talking Bat with Dr Volker Runkel (The Handbook of...

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2023/12/27

We are very pleased to have with us, once again, Volker Runkel. This time we focus on his book, 'The Handbook of Acoustic Bat Detection'. Along with this we explore the development of successful bat acoustic projects, as well as working with automated classifiers. Find 'The Handbook of Acoustic Bat Detection' book here Find 'Handbuch: Praxis der Akustischen Fledermauserfassung' here Visit EcoObs website here

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01:21:22

Talking Bat with Dr David Hill (Wildlife Research...

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2023/12/21

We could have equally called this one Talking Primate (as well as bats of course) due to David Hill's early research studying macaques, latterly in Japan. We were delighted to chat at length about working & living in that part of the world. And then (well it wouldn't be possible not to talk about it!) we get into his work with Bechstein's bat, as well as the ground-breaking development of the Sussex AutoBat ultrasonic lure (all work David did in conjunction with Frank Greenaway). As well as all

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02:03:55

Talking Bat with Paul Racey (Emeritus Professor)

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2023/12/11

Paul Racey is internationally recognised & one of the most highly respected people in the world of bats, having so many achievements associated with his academic work, as well as his contributions to conservation internationally. During this interview we take a look back at his working life including the following: Gerrit S. Miller Award; Mammal Society Silver Medal; BBC Wildlife “Conservation Heroes”; BCT Lifetime Achievement Award: Honorary Membership: American Society of Mammalogists;

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01:20:49

Talking Bat with Sherwood Snyder & Paul Howden-Leach...

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2023/12/02

Sherwood Snyder & Paul Howden-Leach both work for Wildlife Acoustics, & during this interview we have a deep dive into their lives, as well as how product development is undertaken within WAC. Also, a good few doses of 'fun' along the way. Find out more about Wildlife Acoustics here

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Talking Club (December 2023) with Aileen Hendry

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2023/11/30

Every month Aileen Hendry (BatAbility Courses & Tuition) is joined by Neil Middleton to deliver a 'light-hearted' monthly update for our BatAbility Club members. We are sharing it here for the benefit of anyone who wishes to find out more about what we are up to. If you are not a Club member, but would like to know more about how to join up, please go to the following link: batability.co.uk/batability-club/

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01:28:19

Talking Bat with Richard Crompton (Ecology On Demand)

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2023/11/20

In this episode (recorded in Aug 2021) we chat with Richard Crompton (owner of Ecology On Demand) about his backstory, his time at BCT, career progression, challenges & successes (of which there are many), as well as some of his thoughts about training & guidelines.

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01:32:18

Talking Bird with David Darrell-Lambert (Bird Brain...

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2023/11/14

David Darrell-Lambert is the owner of Bird Brain UK Ltd & is highly respected & well known within the UK bird community & further afield. During this interview we talk about his early days birding, as well as his business activities, photography, art & sound recording. We also speak about his experience writing the Birdwatching London book, and of course. with myself & David on mic there are quite a few stories...

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Talking Mammal Sound ID Book with Stuart Newson &...

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2023/11/12

In Nov 2023 'The Sound Identification of the Terrestrial Mammals of Britain & Ireland' was published. Here is the interview that our publishers requested to tie in with the book launch. Neil Middleton & Stuart Newson were interviewed by Nigel Massen (Pelagic Publishing). Other resources referred to in the interview are as follows: Is That A Bat? BTO Acoustic Pipeline

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01:16:41

Talking Training with Neil Middleton (BatAbility...

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2023/11/10

In Nov 2023 Neil was delighted to be invited to do an interview for the Ecology Academy podcast series, where Richard Dodd interviewed him for that series with much of the session being focussed on Neil's career journey & training experiences. It was agreed that the interview could also be uploaded onto our Talking Bat podcast platform. So, here it is... The Ecology Academy podcast series is an excellent resource & if you haven't been there already we urge you to take a listen here to some

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01:18:59

Talking Bat with Gareth Jones (Professor of...

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2023/11/03

Gareth Jones is amongst the most highly respected academics in the world of bat research & we were delighted when he agreed to be interviewed by ourselves. During the session we talk about his earlier years, a number of his key academic achievements, as well as hobbies & other interests. Of particular note his recollection of the story behind the discovery of a new species (Soprano pipistrelle) is fascinating, as are his thoughts on more recent research into mammal ageing through the use of

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14:54

Talking Club (November 2023) with Aileen Hendry

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2023/10/31

Every month Aileen Hendry (BatAbility Courses & Tuition) is joined by Neil Middleton to deliver a 'light-hearted' monthly update for our BatAbility Club members. We are sharing it here for the benefit of anyone who wishes to find out more about what we are up to. If you are not a Club member, but would like to know more about how to join up, please go to the following link: batability.co.uk/batability-club/

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01:11:26

Talking Mammals with Jon Hall (mammalwatching.com)

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2023/10/28

Jon Hall is a mammal watcher extraordinaire, having travelled the world to see many mammals in their natural environments. During this interview we explore his background, his passion for mammal watching, the launch of the mammal watching website & their own podcast, & also a few tails along the way (nope - that's not a typo!). mammalwatching.com (inc Podcast) find out more here Offsetting your greenhouse gas emissions with Stand For Trees (Gola) - find out more here

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01:02:24

Talking ’Back The Old Bat’ with Anne Youngman (BCT...

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2023/10/15

In June 2021 Anne Youngman spoke to Neil about her upcoming marathon in aid of The Bat Conservation Trust. Anne had previously been the first Scottish Bat Officer for BCT (2002 - 2017) & is extremely well known & highly respected within the bat world. During the interview we mention the 'Just Giving' facility for her marathon, which unfortunately is no longer available. You can however still donate to BCT if you so wish, via the following link: https://www.bats.org.uk/donate/pledge We also

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Talking Bat with Al Milano (Bat Detector...

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2023/10/02

Al Milano is internationally recognised as a reviewer of bat detecting equipment, with his own website containing countless reviews. He is also a regular contributor to BatAbility Club. This interview, carried out before his association with Club, was the first time that he & Neil had ever spoken directly to each other. It's a very interesting insight into Al's background & thoughts, with quite a few non-bat-related surprises pleasantly creeping in :-) Al Milano on Twitter:

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13:39

Talking Guano with Neil Middleton (BatAbility Courses...

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2023/10/01

^o^ Something just for our podcast audience. Sometimes light-hearted, occasionally a little more serious! Here are some random thoughts from your Talking Bat host, Neil Middleton :-) Sound Identification of Terrestrial Mammals of Britain & Ireland - find out more here

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01:23:20

Talking Bat with Merlin Tuttle founder of Merlin...

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2023/09/22

Merlin Tuttle has been involved with bat-related work for >60 years, & is arguably one of the most significant contributors to bat conservation worldwide, & the founder of Bat Conservation International, an organisation he retired from some years ago. He now continues to inspire bat conservation worldwide through Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation During this interview we chat about his early days right through to present time, & we are also joined by Teresa Nichta (Outreach &

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