Nathusius' pipistrelle in Great Britain & Ireland

This web site has been designed by Jon Russ. Jon is currently director of Ridgeway Ecology, an ecological consultancy specialising in bats. He has been carrying out bat-related activities since 1995:

• Project coordinator of iBats and iBatsUK (formerly the Bats & Roadside Mammals Survey)
• Review of ASSI guidelines for bats in Northern Ireland
• Investigations of acoustic communication in pipistrelle bats - advertisement calls and distress calls
• Population monitoring and habitat associations of the wrinkle-lipped bat (Tadarida plicata) in Thailand
• Publication of bat identification using bat detectors literature (e.g. British Bat Calls: A Guide to Species identification)
• Publication of Northern Ireland Mammals, Amphibians & Reptiles website
• A survey of distribution and habitat use of bats in Northern Ireland
• Constuction of an echolocation key to the bats of Madagascar, plus subsequent surveys
• Action plans for the bats of Northern Ireland
• Development of a car survey monitoring protocol for bats in the Republic of Ireland
• A study of the hibernal and pre-hibernal activity of Leisler's bat in Northern Ireland