The Hoffman Kiln: Where Bats Reclaim the Dales
BatChat3 Dec 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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Natural History Museum - Roberto Portela Miguez

Natural History Museum - Roberto Portela Miguez

S1E7 This is the second installment of a two-part special recorded at the Natural History Museum, South Kensington, London. This time Steve Roe talks with Roberto Portela Miguez who is the senior cur...

22 Jan 202023min

Natural History Museum - Steph West

Natural History Museum - Steph West

S1E6 This is the first of a two-part special recorded at the Natural History Museum, South Kensington, London. In this first half Steve Roe talks with Steph West who is the Biodiversity Training Manag...

8 Jan 202025min

A Wonderful Weekend in Wales

A Wonderful Weekend in Wales

S1E5 Episode five was recorded in May at the Wales Bat Worker’s weekend. The weekend brings together bat workers from across Wales and further afield and Steve speaks to four of them in this episode. ...

18 Dec 201927min

Nathusius' Enthusiasts

Nathusius' Enthusiasts

S1E4 In our fourth episode, Steve joins bat legend Daniel Hargreaves on an autumnal evening in Rye Harbour Nature Reserve on the coastal boundary of Sussex and Kent in the search of Nathusius’ pipistr...

4 Dec 201923min

Woodchester Mansion

Woodchester Mansion

S1E3 Episode 3 was recorded in the Gloucestershire countryside at Woodchester Mansion. The Grade I listed Victorian mansion near Stroud, which was abandoned during construction in the 1850s, has colo...

20 Nov 201937min

Shirley Thompson: The Past, Present & Future of Bat Conservation

Shirley Thompson: The Past, Present & Future of Bat Conservation

S1E1 In our first episode, Shirley Thompson MBE describes how bat conservation in the UK started and some of the experiences she’s had along the way such as meeting Julian Clary for a wildlife documen...

20 Nov 201916min

Back from the Brink & The Big Bat Year

Back from the Brink & The Big Bat Year

S1E2 We have two guests appearing on this episode: Back from the Brink is one of the most ambitious conservation projects ever undertaken. Its aim – to save 20 species from extinction and benefit ove...

20 Nov 201919min

BatChat Trailer

BatChat Trailer

BatChat is the Podcast from the Bat Conservation Trust. Designed for its members and the wider bat conservation community, it talks to the experts as well as local heroes to bring you the stories from...

20 Okt 20192min

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