Talking Bat
Welcome to the Talking Bat podcast series from BatAbility Courses & Tuition. Every month we interview someone important, influential, inspirational or just darn right bat-tastic from the world of bats or from the wider world of ecology/natural history. These interviews are carried out in a relaxed, conversational style, as we dive deeper into the background of our guests.
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 54 minutes
- Episodes
- 109
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Talking Bat with James Shipman (Ecologist, Researcher & Trainer)
James Shipman is a BCT Pete Guest Award winner (2016) & highly respected within the bat community for his contributions towards bat conservation & training. Here we are delighted to be chatting with …
Talking Bird with Alan Dalton (Wild Bird Acoustics Podcast & Artist)
Born in Ireland & based in Sweden Alan Dalton (@Blogbirder) is a life long birder who is highly respected for his artwork & acoustic recordings of birdlife. He has his own podcast show entitled 'Wild…
Talking Club (July 2024) with Aileen Hendry
Every month Aileen Hendry (BatAbility Courses & Tuition) is joined by Neil Middleton to deliver a 'light-hearted' monthly update for our BatAbility Club members. We are sharing it here for the benefi…
Talking Creaky Old Bat with Anne Youngman (Another Ultra-marathon)
Anne Youngman was the Bat Conservation Trust's (BCT) first Scottish Bat Officer from 2003 to 2017, & is very well known & respected within the bat community, not only in the UK, but also much further…
Talking Bat with Steve Roe (BCT Vice Chair & BatChat Podcaster)
Steve Roe (Vice Chair of BCT & Pete Guest Award winner 2023) is the producer & presenter of BCT's award winning BatChat podcast. He gets many opportunities to interview people about bat work in the U…
Talking Plant with Joshua Styles (Styles Ecology Ltd)
Here we talk with the delightful, highly respected & knowledgeable botanist, Joshua Styles of Styles Ecology Ltd & British Botany, covering some of his back-story, his career progression to date, as …
Talking Bird with Sean Ronayne (Irish Wildlife Sounds)
A Cork-born ornithologist, Sean Ronayne returned home to Ireland after living in Barcelona for 3 years. He is a highly respected wildlife sound recorderist (Sound Of The Year awards winner 2020), & i…
Talking Club (June 2024) with Aileen Hendry
Every month Aileen Hendry (BatAbility Courses & Tuition) is joined by Neil Middleton to deliver a 'light-hearted' monthly update for our BatAbility Club members. We are sharing it here for the benefi…
Talking Bat with Fiona Mathews (Professor of Environmental Biology)
Fiona Mathews is highly respected internationally for her academic work on mammals (including bats) & other subjects. She is the founding chair of Mammal Conservation Europe, a former chair of the Ma…
Talking Bird with Jonny Rankin (Fundraiser, Birder's Twitter & Birders Space)
Many have listened to him on Birder's Twitter, so we felt we should get him on here for an interview & find out more about Jonny Rankin who is well known & highly respected within birding circles. An…
Talking Bat with Andrew Dobson (Titley Scientific)
If you deal with Titley Scientific in Europe then the chances are you have had the pleasure of meeting (or at least communicating with) their UK/Europe Sales Support Manager, Andrew Dobson. We felt i…
Talking Bat with Dr Hannah Mueller (Phoenix Ecology - New Zealand)
Dr Hannah Mueller recently set up her own environmental/ecological consultancy in New Zealand (Phoenix Ecology Ltd). She is an ecologist with expertise in a wide range of ecological matters, with a k…
Talking Club (May 2024) with Aileen Hendry
Every month Aileen Hendry (BatAbility Courses & Tuition) is joined by Neil Middleton to deliver a 'light-hearted' monthly update for our BatAbility Club members. We are sharing it here for the benefi…
Talking Bat with Dr Dean Waters (University of York)
Dean Waters is highly respected within the world of bats & academia for his research, separate to which he describes himself as an Ecology, Acoustics & Imaging Consultant, as well as a mediocre photo…
Talking Bat with Miranda Collett (Collett Trust for Endangered Species)
Miranda Collett spends her time between Jersey & Argentina. She certainly has an interesting life story, & during this interview we learn all about her professional career, which lead up to the purch…
Talking Creaky Old Bat with Anne Youngman (Ultra-Marathon Runner)
She's back for a second time on Talking Bat. This time we speak to the award winning Anne Youngman (former BCT Scottish Officer) about her first ultra-marathon experience (before & after), all in sup…
Talking Bat with Dr Roger Ransome (Researcher & Retired Consultant)
Hugely respected & recognised for his contributions to bat conservation, Roger Ransome began studying bats in 1956, completing his PhD in 1979. He is a Linnean Society Award winner for Contributions …
Talking Book with Nils Bouillard (Big Bat Year)
It's great to have Nils Bouillard back for a second interview here on our channel, this time we focus on the background to his recently published book: Big Bat Year - A Conservation Story (published …
Talking Club (April 2024) with Aileen Hendry
Every month Aileen Hendry (BatAbility Courses & Tuition) is joined by Neil Middleton to deliver a 'light-hearted' monthly update for our BatAbility Club members. We are sharing it here for the benefi…
Talking Bat with Dr Henry Schofield (Vincent Wildlife Trust)
When we recorded this interview Henry Schofield had recently retired as Head of Conservation at Vincent Wildlife Trust, where he had worked for over 30 years. During his time with the trust he was in…