S1E13 In this bonus episode recorded during the UK lockdown, we have two guests on the show. Tom August is a scientist based at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology and Lisa Worledge is Head of Conservation Services at the Bat Conservation Trust. They talk to Steve about the interest that bats are currently getting in the press around the origins of the current COVID-19 pandemic, what bats can teach us about future pandemics and how some bat species have been practicing social distancing far longer than we have!

Resources mentioned in the episode include:

• FAQs around Bats and Coronaviruses: https://www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/bats-and-disease/covid-19-and-bats 
• Good Practice Guidelines for Bat Rehabilitators: https://cdn.bats.org.uk/pdf/Resources/Bat-Groups/COVID-19-GPG-for-Bat-Rehabilitators_01May2020.pdf?mtime=20200501123411&focal=none
• The Sunrise/Sunset Survey: https://www.bats.org.uk/our-work/national-bat-monitoring-programme 
• How to build a bat box: https://www.bats.org.uk/our-work/buildings-planning-and-development/bat-boxes
• How to find your local bat group: https://www.bats.org.uk/support-bats/bat-groups

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