The Hoffman Kiln: Where Bats Reclaim the Dales
BatChat3 Des 2025

The Hoffman Kiln: Where Bats Reclaim the Dales

North of Settle in the Yorkshire Dales lies the Hoffman Kiln, a relic of the industrial revolution. It's now an important site for bats of the Dales all year round. In this episode we chat to Dave Anderson and Dave Fisher who on Friday afternoons, in a term they've coined as Fieldwork Fridays, they spend 90 minutes surveying the kiln for bats. And they've racked up an impressive collection of data in studying bat behaviour such as crevice fidelity. We also address the challenge of balancing p...

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Children's books with Emma Reynolds

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Barbastelles at Paston Great Barn

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Gareth Jones - A lifetime of research

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