Talking Bat

About Talking Bat

Welcome to the Talking Bat podcast series from BatAbility Courses & Tuition. Every month we interview someone important, influential, inspirational or just darn right bat-tastic from the world of bats or from the wider world of ecology/natural history/conservation. These interviews are carried out in a relaxed, conversational style, as we dive deeper into the background of our amazing guests. To find out more about BatAbility visit: www.batability.co.uk To find out more about BatAbility Club visit: www.batability.co.uk/batability-club

Publisher

NeilMiddleton

Category

science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

13 Jun 2023

Latest episode

28 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 137 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   28 Sept 2026

   Talking Club (October 2026) with Aileen Hendry

   Every month Aileen Hendry (BatAbility Courses & Tuition) is joined by Neil Middleton to deliver a 'light-hearted' monthly update for our BatAbility Club members. We are sharing it here for the benefit of anyone who wishes to find out more about what we are up to. If you are not a Club member, but would like to know more about how to join up, please go to the following link: batability.co.uk/batability-club/ NHBS Ltd Our sponsors of BatAbility Club - NHBS Ltd - visit them here

2. 

   24 Sept 2026

   Talking Book with Dr Mark Ferguson (Perspectives on Wildlife Sound Recording)

   Here we are delighted to be chatting with Dr Mark Ferguson, a professional wildlife sound recordist based in Northern Ireland (UK) & the author of the recently published 'Perspectives on Wildlife Sound Recording - An Overview of Modern Practice'. He studied music at Queen’s University Belfast & University of Manchester (2009–2014) before progressing to full-time doctoral research at University of Birmingham. His work draws attention to sonic relationships between humans, wild species & their shared environments Perspectives on Wildlife Sound Recording - An Overview of Modern Practice Mark Ferguson SoundCloud markfergusonaudio.com Bats Ukraine

3. 

   1 Sept 2026

   Talking Club (September 2026) with Aileen Hendry

   Every month Aileen Hendry (BatAbility Courses & Tuition) is joined by Neil Middleton to deliver a 'light-hearted' monthly update for our BatAbility Club members. We are sharing it here for the benefit of anyone who wishes to find out more about what we are up to. If you are not a Club member, but would like to know more about how to join up, please go to the following link: batability.co.uk/batability-club/ NHBS Ltd Our sponsors of BatAbility Club - NHBS Ltd - visit them here

Inside a recent episode

Talking Book with Chris Stone (European Deserts)

Published 5 Mar 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] I want people to realise and make clear that no, these places are valuable and we should look after them in the same way as we do any other major next conservation sites. Yeah, and in many respects, a lot of all of these locations are extremely valuable for specific plants, animals, birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, whatever. And in some respects, these places, because of the type of habitat it is, it can be the only place where you would find certain aspects of the natural world in a particular country or whatever. […]

Who has been a guest on Talking Bat

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Ian Agranat
• Aileen Hendry
• Jim Mullholland

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 49 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

71

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

68

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Books guests

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