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 Club (January 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 Volker Runkel (The Handbook of Acoustic Bat Detection)
We are very pleased to have with us, once again, Volker Runkel. This time we focus on his book, 'The Handbook of Acoustic Bat Detection'. Along with this we explore the development of successful bat …
Talking Bat with Dr David Hill (Wildlife Research Centre, Kyoto University, Japan)
We could have equally called this one Talking Primate (as well as bats of course) due to David Hill's early research studying macaques, latterly in Japan. We were delighted to chat at length about wo…
Talking Bat with Paul Racey (Emeritus Professor)
Paul Racey is internationally recognised & one of the most highly respected people in the world of bats, having so many achievements associated with his academic work, as well as his contributions to…
Talking Bat with Sherwood Snyder & Paul Howden-Leach (Wildlife Acoustics)
Sherwood Snyder & Paul Howden-Leach both work for Wildlife Acoustics, & during this interview we have a deep dive into their lives, as well as how product development is undertaken within WAC. Also, …
Talking Club (December 2023) 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 Richard Crompton (Ecology On Demand)
In this episode (recorded in Aug 2021) we chat with Richard Crompton (owner of Ecology On Demand) about his backstory, his time at BCT, career progression, challenges & successes (of which there are …
Talking Bird with David Darrell-Lambert (Bird Brain UK Ltd)
David Darrell-Lambert is the owner of Bird Brain UK Ltd & is highly respected & well known within the UK bird community & further afield. During this interview we talk about his early days birding, a…
Talking Mammal Sound ID Book with Stuart Newson & Neil Middleton
In Nov 2023 'The Sound Identification of the Terrestrial Mammals of Britain & Ireland' was published. Here is the interview that our publishers requested to tie in with the book launch. Neil Middleto…
Talking Training with Neil Middleton (BatAbility Courses & Tuition)
In Nov 2023 Neil was delighted to be invited to do an interview for the Ecology Academy podcast series, where Richard Dodd interviewed him for that series with much of the session being focussed on N…
Talking Bat with Gareth Jones (Professor of Biological Sciences, Bristol University)
Gareth Jones is amongst the most highly respected academics in the world of bat research & we were delighted when he agreed to be interviewed by ourselves. During the session we talk about his earlie…
Talking Club (November 2023) 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 Mammals with Jon Hall (mammalwatching.com)
Jon Hall is a mammal watcher extraordinaire, having travelled the world to see many mammals in their natural environments. During this interview we explore his background, his passion for mammal watc…
Talking ’Back The Old Bat’ with Anne Youngman (BCT Marathon)
In June 2021 Anne Youngman spoke to Neil about her upcoming marathon in aid of The Bat Conservation Trust. Anne had previously been the first Scottish Bat Officer for BCT (2002 - 2017) & is extremely…
Talking Bat with Al Milano (Bat Detector Reviewer/Blogger)
Al Milano is internationally recognised as a reviewer of bat detecting equipment, with his own website containing countless reviews. He is also a regular contributor to BatAbility Club. This intervie…
Talking Guano with Neil Middleton (BatAbility Courses & Tuition)
^o^ Something just for our podcast audience.
Sometimes light-hearted, occasionally a little more serious! Here are some random thoughts from your Talking Bat host, Neil Middleton :-)
Sound Identific…
Talking Bat with Merlin Tuttle founder of Merlin Tuttle’s Bat Conservation
Merlin Tuttle has been involved with bat-related work for >60 years, & is arguably one of the most significant contributors to bat conservation worldwide, & the founder of Bat Conservation Internatio…
Talking Bat with Dr Volker Runkel founder of ecoObs
Excellent interview with Dr Volker Runkel talking about his early research, setting up the business ecoObs (including products & services available), as well as us getting into some depth about the c…
Talking Bat with Dr Rachael Cooper-Bohannon - founder of Bats Without Borders
Rachael Cooper-Bohannon was brought up in South Africa, & eventually ended up in Scotland where she founded the Bats Without Borders charity in 2013. Here we are delighted to be talking to Rachael ab…
Talking Bat - Turn The Table - Julia Lock interviews Neil Middleton
During this episode the table was turned on Neil Middleton (who is usually on the other side of the mic!). Julia Lock (Wildcare Ecology Supplies) asked to do an interview for Wildcare's website/blog …