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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 guests. As well as providing recently recorded interviews we are also uploading, on a monthly basis, interviews from our Talking Bat archive. 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/
Episodes
Monday Apr 01, 2024
Talking Book with Nils Bouillard (Big Bat Year)
Monday Apr 01, 2024
Monday Apr 01, 2024
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 2023).
Follow Nils on Twitter: @NilsBouillard
Thursday Mar 28, 2024
Talking Club (April 2024) with Aileen Hendry
Thursday Mar 28, 2024
Thursday Mar 28, 2024
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/
Sunday Mar 24, 2024
Talking Bat with Dr Henry Schofield (Vincent Wildlife Trust)
Sunday Mar 24, 2024
Sunday Mar 24, 2024
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 involved with many bat-related projects (as well as other species groups), including extensively with horseshoe species. Here we explore his life journey to date, as well as talking about some of his research & books.
Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
Talking Bat with Katheryn Leggat (Kasanka Trust - Zambia)
Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
Katheryn Leggat has had an amazing life story to date, which we really enjoyed chatting about during this session. It was also an opportunity for us to find out all about Kasanka National Park in Zambia, home for so much wildlife including the 10 million straw-coloured fruit bats that migrate into the area every year - the largest migration event for any mammal species anywhere on the planet.
Kasanka Trust Ltd - Donate Here
Tuesday Mar 19, 2024
Talking Guano with Neil Middleton (BatAbility Courses & Tuition)
Tuesday Mar 19, 2024
Tuesday Mar 19, 2024
^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 :-)
Email address for feedback: neil.middleton@batability.co.uk
Monday Mar 18, 2024
Monday Mar 18, 2024
Here we have the huge pleasure of 'Talking...' with Mister Mustelid (aka Dr Johnny Birks) about his lifelong passion & career journey involving many roles within the ecology sector. All of this leading to lots of experiences, achievements & challenges along the way.
Learn about Johnny's work on ResearchGate
Visit NHBS Ltd to see books by Johnny Birks
Visit Extinction Rebellion here
Wednesday Mar 13, 2024
Talking Bat with Dr Maggie Andrews (Horseshoe bats)
Wednesday Mar 13, 2024
Wednesday Mar 13, 2024
During this interview Maggie Andrews shares some of her earlier memories relating to studying bats (in particular horseshoe species), along with a deeper look into some of the research she has been involved with in conjunction with her late husband Peter Andrews & others (e.g. Tom McOwat & Amelia Hodnett).
Read about Maggie's work here on ResearchGate
Visit Woodchester Mansion - find out more here
Stackpole National Nature Reserve - find out more
Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
Michael Sheldrick is the Co-Founder & Chief Policy, Impact, & Government Affairs Officer at Global Citizen. Their initiatives have reached millions of people & secured $billions in support to provide access to essential resources worldwide. During this interview we explore Michael's back story, as well as the work of Global Citizen, leading us on to discuss, in some detail, his new book 'From Ideas To Impact - A Playbook for Influencing and Implementing Change in a Divided World'
Michael Sheldrick website
Donate to production costs of 'From Ideas To Impact' here
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