Bats at RHS Wisley

Jan 26, 2022 · 21 min · Season 3 · Episode 30 · 15.6 MB

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S3E30 This week Steve is in Surrey at RHS Garden Wisley with Principal Entomologist Dr Andrew Salisbury. Andrew sits down with Steve in the brand new wildlife garden outside their new laboratory building to tell us about the work the RHS do and how we can improve our gardens for wildlife including bats.
This week we also have a piece of nature writing by James Gilbert. James creates 'thumbnail' pieces and tweets them out and he's created a longer piece especially for BatChat called "Made with Echoes".

RHS Garden Wisley website, twitter and Instagram
RHS Plants for Pollinators list
Andrew Salisbury is on twitter and Instagram and his RHS profile is here
Info on how to garden for bats can be found on our website
James Gilbert is on twitter
Morgan Brind who narrated Made with Echoes is on twitter and Instagram

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Producer: Steve Roe @SteveRoeBatMan
Cover Art: Rachel Hudson http://rachelhudsonillustration.com/

This week it’s the world famous RHS Chelsea Flower show and for the first time ever, the Bat Conservation Trust have a show garden there. The nocturnal garden demonstrates how you can create a beautiful, wildlife-friendly garden that supports bats and other nocturnal species. Discover our tips on how to garden for bats and keep an eye out for the nocturnal garden on the BBC coverage all this week.

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