Matthew Terry 🦇

Trustee of the Bat Conservation Trust. I do other things, but Twitter for me is mostly about bats. Tweeting in personal capacity etc.

[Sidekick Books @SidekickBooks]

One more bat-poem before the night swallows us up! This time it's the noctule's turn, in a poem from @KofTheTriffids written for the October's #FutureKaraoke live lit event!

[Matthew Terry 🦇 @TheMatthewTerry]

@_BCT_

[Matthew Terry 🦇 @TheMatthewTerry]

What does a trustee of @_BCT_ wear as fancy dress for hallowe'en? Need you ask? #bats

[Matthew Terry 🦇 @TheMatthewTerry]

@AvaFoxfort https://t.co/SqWxvEOcuC

[Carl Dinnen @carldinnen]

One Conservative MP told me the PM was so busy dealing with the Chief Whip’s resignation that she missed the vote.

[Vincent Wildlife @vincentwildlife]

Great to see the bats of Buckfastleigh in a feature by @samblackledge for @ITVWestCountry. Many of these bats emerge from the largest known greater horseshoe bat maternity roost in W Europe, managed by Vincent Wildlife Trust for this species. https://t.co/3exjiClvXT

[Matthew Terry 🦇 @TheMatthewTerry]

I'd love to do this - would it be possible to put a team of bat fans together for this? Could you ask your followers @_BCT_ ? #bats

[Batworker @BatworkerInfo]

Finally managed to film Natterer’s bats mating in the swarming site we’re studying. It’s a surprisingly lengthy and noisy affair.

We watched the two bats arrive from outside, take up residence in the tube, then start mating.

Here’s a shortened version, sorry no sound.

[Matthew Terry 🦇 @TheMatthewTerry]

My kind of research 🦇🥰

[Matthew Terry 🦇 @TheMatthewTerry]

Just in time for my birthday. I highly recommend the Audible version for the full 4D comedy experience: author @FergusCraig reading book in the voice of his character who 'wrote' the book. If you see what I mean.

[Matthew Terry 🦇 @TheMatthewTerry]

@natsabin The Knapp today?

[Matthew Terry 🦇 @TheMatthewTerry]

And there's bat spit coffee https://t.co/pIC3BQUkKg

[Bat Conservation Trust @_BCT_]

It's #InternationalCoffeeDay ! The link between a good flat white and helping bats is more direct than you might think. Shade-grown coffee plantations support richer bat communities and in turn bats reduce the the damage to crops. Read more: https://t.co/oMCyAQreoE

[Bat Conservation Trust @_BCT_]

On Tuesday an article written by Viscount Matt Ridley entitled “Bat surveys benefit only one species — bat surveyors” was published in The Times. We replied and a shortened version of our response was published in The Times today. Here is the full version:

[Bat Conservation Trust @_BCT_]

Our trustee @TheMatthewTerry is kicking off the final day of the #NatBatConf 2022. Thank you to our diamond sponsor @WildlifeAcoust

[Kit Stoner @KitStoner]

Absolutely fascinating start to the day with our #NatBatConf keynote speaker, @rodrigomedellin. Talking to us about diets of carnivorous #bats! These are not in the UK I hasten to add! @_BCT_

[Matthew Terry 🦇 @TheMatthewTerry]

Yesterday would be a fitting end to the monarchy in its entirety - go out in a blaze of pomp and pageantry. I want the right to choose my own head of state. No job should be a birthright. No family is better than anyone else's #notmyking #AbolishTheMonachy

[Matthew Terry 🦇 @TheMatthewTerry]

@sarahb1ll3tt Me. DM me bab and I'll help if I can.

[Matthew Terry 🦇 @TheMatthewTerry]

@_BCT_ @TheReremouse Thoroughly deserved @TheReremouse!

[Bat Conservation Trust @_BCT_]

Students - did you know we offer a 20% student discount on tickets for the National Bat Conference?
But if you want to come in person you only have 2 days left to book!
Pls share with any students who might be interested!
Details: https://t.co/miic5Y3azD
#NatBatConf #Bats

[Bat Conservation Trust @_BCT_]

Next week there is a full schedule of #BatFest events planned for you:
- Discover your local bats, 6 Sep
- NightWatch Live on Instagram, 9 Sep
- Batty Sketch-a-long, 11 Sep

All free but booking is required: https://t.co/7uK2XcoILX