Identifying Bats of Britain and Ireland

A Field Worker’s Guide

James Shipman (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

128 Seiten

2025
Pelagic Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-78427-492-4 (ISBN)

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This accessible guide fills a gap between basic books and more technical volumes. Using humour, rhymes and images it communicates in simple terms the techniques required when training for a bat licence.

This book will help anyone understand the fun and adventures to be had working with these fascinating animals. Packed with insider information, it offers expert guidance on how to identify bats in the hand. As you learn the process of handling them safely, you will also discover the key features that distinguish one species from another.

Filling a gap between basic books and more technical volumes, this guide uses humour, mnemonics, rhymes and images as it communicates in simple terms the techniques required when training for a bat licence. Detailed images, diagrams and tables help in comparison between species, and the fundamentals of bat ecology and survey equipment are discussed. All British bat species are covered, as well as possible vagrants.

Warning: James’s infectious enthusiasm for bats is likely to rub off – these fascinating mammals may well become an obsession.

James Shipman is a lifelong bat enthusiast who loves to inspire and motivate future bat workers. He works as a senior ecologist and is involved in numerous bat-related projects. In 2016 he was recognised with the Bat Conservation Trust’s Pete Guest Award for outstanding contribution to bat conservation.

Preface

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction

2. Bat to basics

3. Experience and equipment

4. Handling and identification techniques

5. British and Irish species identification

Rhinolophidae

Greater Horseshoe Bat (GHS)

Lesser Horseshoe Bat (LHS)

Vespertilionidae

Common Pipistrelle

Soprano Pipistrelle

Nathusius’ Pipistrelle

Noctule

Leisler’s Bat

Serotine

Barbastelle

Brown Long-eared Bat (BLE)

Grey Long-eared Bat (GLE)

Daubenton’s Bat

Natterer’s Bat

Bechstein’s Bat

Brandt’s Bat

Whiskered Bat

Alcathoe Bat

Greater Mouse-eared Bat

6. Vagrants

Geoffroy’s Bat

Kuhl’s Pipistrelle

Parti-coloured Bat

Molossidae

European Free-tailed Bat

7. Picture library and ID crib

Further reading and useful resources

Erscheinungsdatum	28.02.2025
Reihe/Serie	Pelagic Identification Guides
Zusatzinfo	182 Illustrations, color
Verlagsort	Exeter
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	350 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
ISBN-10	1-78427-492-5 / 1784274925
ISBN-13	978-1-78427-492-4 / 9781784274924
Zustand	Neuware