23 September 2021: The bat activity survey season comes to an end.

After a slow start to the year due to Covid 19 and poor weather, the SSWC team completed 75 bat activity surveys between mid-May and Mid Septemeber. “The majority of the summer projects have been barn conversions,” commented SSWC Director and licensed bat worker Stuart Spray. “But we have also managed to fit in several […]

23 February 2017: SSWC leads workshop on the design and success of internal bat at boxes SNH Annual Bat Workers Conference Thursday

On Thursday 23 February 2017 Stuart Spray facilitated a workshop on the design and success of internal bat at boxes at the SNH Annual Bat Workers Conference. During the workshop Stuart highlighted the pros and cons of a handful of past projects he had worked on and gave handy tips on best practice including: It must be […]

12 November 2015: SSWC and BAE shed light on the best practice for surveying for bats in bridges and viaducts!

The workshops started with and indoor session looking at the ecoology of bats in viaducts/bridges and explaining our three step method for surveys, We finished with a site visit to a nearby viaduct looking for features with potential for roosting bats. The emphasis of both workshops was to highlight the advantages of inspecting a bridge/viaduct and how […]