German Bat Observatory

Bats are characterized by low reproductive rates in contrast with most of other small mammals. This makes their populations vulnerable when inclement environmental conditions such as cold and rainy weather impair the reproductive success of females. The fine-scale effect of

New issue of Acta Chiropterologica has been published, Vol. 23 (2): https://bioone.org/journals/acta-chiropterologica/volume-23/issue-2 Content: Cytogenetic Analyses Detect Cryptic Diversity in Megaderma spasma from MalaysiaMarianne Volleth, Stefan Müller, Klaus-Gerhard Heller, Vladimir Trifonov, Thomas Liehr, Hoi-Sen Yong, Robert J. Baker, Faisal A. Anwarali

Identification of bats is most practically done by exploiting the characteristic features of their echolocation calls. This usually involves expert knowledge, expensive equipment and time-consuming post processing of previously recorded calls. Automated solutions exist, but are usually not as accurate

Bats are protected by national and international legislation in European countries, yet many species, particularly migratory aerial insectivores, collide with wind turbines which counteracts conservation efforts. Within the European Union it is legally required to curtail the operation of wind

Unter Führung des Bundesverbandes für Fledermauskunde Deutschland e.V. haben einige Vereine und Verbände des Fledermausschutzes in Deutschland ein neues “Positionspapier naturverträglicher Ausbau der Windenergienutzung” erarbeitet, in dem sie die Pläne der Bundesregierung scharf kritisieren, den Windkraftausbau unter deutlicher Einsparung beim

“Da Anhang IV der FFH-Richtlinie alle Arten der Fledermäuse erfasst, bilden dieFledermäuse neben den Vögeln die wohl planungspraktisch bedeutsamste Artengruppe”, heißt es in dem neu erschienenen Werk von Andreas Lukas, Rechtsanwalt mit Schwerpunkt Artenschutzrecht. Deshalb dürfte diese Neuerscheinung für Fledermausschützer,

Former FDGB home “Fritz-Heckert” near Gernrode/Harz – mass quarters for bats, Since the political change more than 30 years ago, the gutted multi-storey building complex from the 1950s has stood empty. Since then, it has been visited by many adventurers,

The team of the project “Protection and Promotion of the Barbastelle Bat in Germany”, a cooperation of Stiftung FLEDERMAUS, Naturstiftung David, NABU Baden-Württemberg NABU Niedersachsen and the University of Greifswald, have published 2 project films. In the first film, the

The bat expert committee of the German NGO “NABU” published a new statement concerning bat-friendly installation and operation of wind turbines (in German). Hier geht es zum PDF Download.

Our friends of the Ukrainian Bat Rehabilitation Center in Kharkiv need your help! The bat rehabilitation center in the Feldman Ecopark (Bat Rehab Center) in the Ukrainian city of Charkiw/Kharkiv is probably the largest care station for bats and one