AgriBats

Learning about #bats on arable farmland in #Hampshire and #Dorset. @HLFSouthWest funded project run by @Gameandwildlife 🦇

[Sussex Bat Group @sussexbatgroup]

📚Next up in our preview of items available in the Sussex Bat Appeal auction is this range of fantastic bat books!
🦇Perfect to learn more about bat ecology and survey techniques, whilst raising money to purchase a new greater horseshoe bat roost.
🚨Bidding starts this Sunday!!

[The Owl Box Initiative @OwlBoxInit]

Part of our project involves monitoring #BarnOwl breeding success on @FarmerCluster and @MDSuperCluster. This means recording brood sizes and fledging success. Chicks receive a @_BTO ring (under licence) to contribute to national datasets.

[The Owl Box Initiative @OwlBoxInit]

We are nearing the end of our first round of #BarnOwl #nestbox checks on @MDsupercluster. Boxes are being checked with a camera to build a picture of occupancy rates across the area, keeping disturbance to a minimum, as demonstrated by two of our breeding residents. #ornithology

[MariaMN @Bats_Mas]

The compromise between #production and #ecosystempreservation is essential to protect our #bats species. Organic fields benefit the presence of #gleaning bats generally #threatened and #vulnerable to habitat degradation. link: https://t.co/R1vlNIqBCr @AgriBats @_BCT_ @FAO

[Niamh McHugh @DrNiamhMcHugh]

Delighted to launch our #GreenRecoveryChallengeFund project #TheOwlBoxInitiative

The grant will supply #farmer groups with #BarnOwl boxes, monitor their success and involve local communities in this process @DefraGovUK @HeritageFundUK #TogetherForOurPlanet

[Clara Prieto @ClaraUndata]

Want to know more about Brown long-eared bats? Have fun with this interactive tool by @MammalNextDoor ➡️ https://t.co/Pd6pjjK5M3🦇#lovebats #dontblamebats

[🦇 James Shipman 🌲 @Batman_Shipman]

Obviously with current #COVID19 misrepresentation of #bats many people do not realise how important bats are. Why not make your #garden #landscaping project #bat #bee and #insect friendly! Follow me @Batman_Shipman for more #tree #bat and #landscaping tweets 🦇 🌲 🐝 🐜 🌹

[GWCT Woodcock Watch @woodcockwatch]

During #lockdown I'm unable to get and do my usual #spring #fieldwork.

Go on, make me jealous. Is anyone out there able to see or hear #roding #woodcock from their #garden? Are you seeing much activity yet this year?

[Niamh McHugh @DrNiamhMcHugh]

Calling all #Scientists! If you are concerned about the impact the next #CAP reform will have on the #environment please consider becoming a signatory on Pe'er et al's paper following the link below.

[Niamh McHugh @DrNiamhMcHugh]

New paper out today! Agri-environment scheme habitat characteristics and #bats on #arable #farmland Pls RT
https://t.co/JNs6Uer99f

[Farm Wildlife @FarmWildlifeUK]

Land management to help bats work at a landscape scale: some bats forage several KM from summer roosts, encompassing 1000's of acres. Farmers and other land managers are working with conservation orgs on many projects to help bats across the UK
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[Farm Wildlife @FarmWildlifeUK]

@AgriBats are working with farmers in Hampshire and Dorset to better understand how agri-environment scheme habitats benefit bats https://t.co/OI18tjzRpa

[Farm Wildlife @FarmWildlifeUK]

Bats are voracious eaters of night-flying insects, including many agricultural pests - bats can eat more than 70% of their weight in insects each night. This has a value to agriculture, potentially reducing pesticide applications and livestock disease. @_BCT_

[AgriBats @AgriBats]

#FridayThoughts: Harvest has begun but #farmland #pollinators including solitary #bees and #moths are still being provided for in the field margins!

#mellowyellow #busybee #naturefriendlyfarming

[GWCT Woodcock Watch @woodcockwatch]

Unexpected news over on the #WoodcockWatch website: 6 tagged #woodcock reappear after the discovery of a technical error. All 6 have made it to their breeding sites. Read our latest #blog to find out more:
@Gameandwildlife @WadersForReal @AgriBats

https://t.co/u7OJJjcmci

[Francis Buner @fbuner]

Have you ever heard of Corn Buttercup, Sheppard's needle, Common Cudweed or Dwarf Spurge? Well, they are all rare arable plants to be found #Rotherfield. Together with a few more, this makes our English #PARTRIDGE_NSR demo site a nationally important arable plant area (score 47+)

[Francis Buner @fbuner]

Are you worried about the dramatic loss of insects on EU's farmland? This week @PARTRIDGE_NSR collected evidence that our #PARTRIDGEflowerblocks attract all kinds of insects - from those that are suitable for partridge chicks to eat to wild bees and other essential pollinators.

[AgriBats @AgriBats]

Tomorrow is #NationalMeadowsDay but let's not forget to celebrate all the #wildflowers that are beautifully managed and created along our crop edges! #farmingforwildlife

[AgriBats @AgriBats]

Surveying some spectacular arable field margins at the moment. Full of #wildflowers but the daisies were a particular favourite yesterday...

[AgriBats @AgriBats]

Biological control in action! Field margins around our #farmland support our #insect predators so they can naturally deal with our crop pests.
#farmingforwildlife #FoodieFriday