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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/conservation. These interviews are carried out in a relaxed, conversational style, as we dive deeper into the background of our amazing guests. To find out more about BatAbility visit: www.batability.co.uk To find out more about BatAbility Club visit: www.batability.co.uk/batability-club
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4 days ago
Ian Agranat is the founder & CEO at Wildlife Acoustics, an organisation that supplies a huge amount of bio-acoustics hardware & software solutions worldwide. During this interview we explore Ian's backstory, the lead up to the launch of the business, & the current challenging economic/political climate within which a US based company is operating.

Thursday Jun 26, 2025
Talking Club (July 2025) with Aileen Hendry
Thursday Jun 26, 2025
Thursday Jun 26, 2025
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 benefit of anyone who wishes to find out more about what we are up to.
If you are not a Club member, but would like to know more about how to join up, please go to the following link: batability.co.uk/batability-club/

Wednesday Jun 11, 2025
Talking Bat with Jim Mullholland (BATS Research & Training)
Wednesday Jun 11, 2025
Wednesday Jun 11, 2025
An excellent conversion with Jim Mullholland, director of BATS Research & Training. Jim has been involved with bat research since 2005, & is also a qualified arboriculturist, as well as having a diploma in teaching & training. He is highly respected in his field of expertise, & heavily involved in bat-related training.

Friday May 30, 2025
Talking Club (June 2025) with Aileen Hendry
Friday May 30, 2025
Friday May 30, 2025
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 benefit of anyone who wishes to find out more about what we are up to.
If you are not a Club member, but would like to know more about how to join up, please go to the following link: batability.co.uk/batability-club/

Wednesday May 14, 2025
Talking Bat with Adria Lopez-Baucells (Researcher & Author)
Wednesday May 14, 2025
Wednesday May 14, 2025
Adria Lopez-Baucells is a bat researcher & conservationist at the Natural Sciences Museum of Granollers. He carried out his PhD (University of Lisbon, 2018) on the Effects of Amazonian rainforest fragmentation on tropical bats using autonomous ultrasound detectors, which also resulted in the publication of his first book: 'Field Guide To The Bats of the Amazon'
Ardia Lopez-Baucells website
Bat Monitoring Programme website

Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
Talking Club (May 2025) with Aileen Hendry
Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
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 benefit of anyone who wishes to find out more about what we are up to.
If you are not a Club member, but would like to know more about how to join up, please go to the following link: batability.co.uk/batability-club/

Friday Apr 11, 2025
Talking Book with Dr Paul F Donald (author of 'Traffication')
Friday Apr 11, 2025
Friday Apr 11, 2025
Dr Paul Donald is a senior conservation scientist (Birdlife International) with >30 yrs experience conceiving, planning, funding & managing high-impact projects on a wide range of issues, & has published research in many of the world’s leading scientific journals. During this interview we take a look at some of Paul's previous work, his passion for larks, & then move on to discussing his latest book 'Traffication - How Cars Destroy Nature & What We Can Do About It'.
Traffication - How Cars Destroy Nature & What We Can Do About It
Birdlife International - Donate Here
Ornithological Society Of The Middle East The Caucasus and Central Asia - Join Here
Facing Extinction - The World's Rarest Birds and the Race to Save Them

Monday Mar 31, 2025
Talking Club (April 2025) with Aileen Hendry
Monday Mar 31, 2025
Monday Mar 31, 2025
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 benefit of anyone who wishes to find out more about what we are up to.
If you are not a Club member, but would like to know more about how to join up, please go to the following link: batability.co.uk/batability-club/

Talking Bat
Neil Middleton & Guests
Hi, I'm Neil from BatAbility Courses & Tuition, and we are
delighted to be sharing here our Talking Bat interview series,
along with some other things that may pop up from time to time.
I hope you enjoy listening to what our guests have to say
as much as I enjoy talking with them ^o^
To find out more about BatAbility please visit:
www.batability.co.uk
If you have any requests for future guests on
Talking Bat please feel free to email me:
neil.middleton@batability.co.uk