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...

Avsnitt(80)

A new exhibition of wildlife sound at the British Library

A new exhibition of wildlife sound at the British Library

S4E45 - Bonus! This summer, in a major new exhibition, you can see how documenting the animal world has resulted in some of humankind’s most awe-inspiring art, science and sound recordings: Animals: ...

26 Apr 202327min

Wild Isles

Wild Isles

S4E44 - Bonus! The landmark nature documentary series Wild Isles, presented by Sir David Attenborough is currently transmitting on Sunday's at 7pm on BBC One. The fourth episode "Freshwater" features ...

2 Apr 202337min

The History of Bat Conservation with Dr Bob Stebbings

The History of Bat Conservation with Dr Bob Stebbings

S4E43 As series four comes to a close, Steve sits down with a titan of bat conservation. Dr Robert (Bob) Stebbings is one of the original bat workers in the UK and in this episode we hear about some o...

1 Mars 202345min

Winged passions: The bat basement of Cliveden House

Winged passions: The bat basement of Cliveden House

S4E42 This week Steve joins Chris Damant in the grounds of Cliveden House on the banks of the River Thames. As fine dining takes place in the hotel above them, Chris and his team have set up traps to ...

15 Feb 202321min

Tony Hutson & the greater mouse-eared bat

Tony Hutson & the greater mouse-eared bat

S4E41 Tony Hutson has been shouting about bats since the 1960's and has changed the bat conservation landscape in that time. He was a founding member of the bat groups of Britain, the precursor to the...

1 Feb 202336min

How the Western Link could affect the Western barbastelle

How the Western Link could affect the Western barbastelle

S4E40 In this interview recorded right at the end of August 2022, Steve is sat in a Norfolk woodland with Dr Charlotte Packman. We learn what potential impacts a new road in the area might have on the...

18 Jan 202337min

The bat man of Mexico

The bat man of Mexico

S4E39 Rodrigo Medellín is Mexico's very own 'Bat Man'. Since he first kept vampire bats in his bathroom as a child, Rodrigo has dedicated his life to saving them. On the evening of the 2022 UK Nationa...

4 Jan 202327min

Bat flies with Dr Erica McAlister

Bat flies with Dr Erica McAlister

S4E38 We return to London's Natural History Museum. This time however, we're in the bowels of the Diptera collection with flygirl herself, Dr Erica McAlister. If you think you recognise that name it's...

21 Dec 202234min

Populärt inom Vetenskap

p3-dystopia
pojkmottagningen
svd-nyhetsartiklar
dumma-manniskor
allt-du-velat-veta
kapitalet-en-podd-om-ekonomi
det-morka-psyket
sexet
halsorevolutionen
rss-vetenskapsradion-2
medicinvetarna
rss-vetenskapsradion
rss-ufobortom-rimligt-tvivel-2
4health-med-anna-sparre
dumforklarat
rss-spraket
bildningspodden
paranormalt-med-caroline-giertz
hacka-livet
vetenskapsradion