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Course

Intro to Bat Surveys

Planning and running bat surveys.

Taught byNils Bouillard, bat acoustics specialist

Syllabus

  1. Module I

    What surveys are, when to survey, legislation and licences, bat ecology and types of surveys.

    • What are surveys, and when to survey?Free lesson
    • Legislation and licences
    • Bat ecology: the annual cycle and roosts
    • Types of surveys

  2. Module II

    Trapping and acoustics: methods, equipment, good recording practice and call parameters.

    • Trapping vs acousticsFree lesson
    • Acoustics: the basics and good recording practice
    • What to measure, and a word on classifiers

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