NBMP Sunset-Sunrise Survey
Citation
Bat Conservation Trust (2024). NBMP Sunset-Sunrise Survey. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/brmbw2 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-11-03.Description
This dataset contains records from the Sunset/Sunrise Survey run by the Bat Conservation Trust as part of the National Bat Monitoring Programme. Volunteer surveyors spend the hour after sunset and/or the hour before sunrise in their garden or local open space looking for bats and other nocturnal animals. A visual guide is provided to help surveyors identify several of the more common bat species. Not all records are verified but volunteers are asked to indicate what method they used to identify the species from a dropdown list of bat species ID methods, and this will give some indication of the likely accuracy of the identification. For more information please visit https://www.bats.org.uk/our-work/national-bat-monitoring-programme/surveys/sunset-sunrise-survey
Purpose
The Sunset/Sunrise Survey is an engagement survey designed to enable new volunteers to take part in a simple bat survey. It also provides valuable records of other nocturnal wildlife. More experienced volunteers also take part as it is an effective technique for locating bat roosts.
Sampling Description
Quality Control
This dataset includes both verified and unverified records. Verified records have been checked by expert volunteer verifiers on behalf of Bat Conservation Trust and/or The Mammal Society. Records have been contributed by a range of recorders, some more experienced than others. Users of this data should ensure that they take this into account.Method steps
- Volunteer surveyors spend the hour after sunset and/or the hour before sunrise in their garden or local open space looking for bats and other nocturnal animals. A visual guide is provided to help surveyors identify several of the more common bat species. Bats are indentified in flight visually, with the optional aid of an ultrasonic bat detector.
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Contacts
originatorBat Conservation Trust
Quadrant House
250 Kennington Lane
SE11 5RD
London
Telephone: 0345 1300 228
email: enquiries@bats.org.uk
homepage: http://www.bats.org.uk/
metadata author
Bat Conservation Trust
Quadrant House
250 Kennington Lane
SE11 5RD
London
Telephone: 0345 1300 228
email: enquiries@bats.org.uk
homepage: http://www.bats.org.uk/
distributor
NBN Atlas
27 Old Gloucester St, Holborn
London
WC1N 3AX
London
GB
email: admin@nbnatlas.org
Philip Briggs
administrative point of contact
email: pbriggs@bats.org.uk