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British Bat Calls - A Guide to Species Identification

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Social Calls of the Bats of Britain and Ireland
Offer now includes Bats of Britain & Europe by Christian Dietz & Andreas Kiefer
and Is That a Bat? by Neil Middleton, both worth £35

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Wildlife Acoustics EM Touch
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Wildlife Acoustics Echo Meter Touch 2 - With our Exclusive 2 Year Warranty! Details
The Echo Meter Touch offers unprecedented features and ease-of-use.
The Echo Meter Touch has all the tools you need to identify species in the field:
Stunning, full color, zoomable spectrograms. Ability to listen to bats in real time with unparalleled fidelity. Recordings that match detectors costing thousands of pounds more. Onboard bat auto-identification using Kaleidoscope algorithms. The number crunching power to accurately identify a bat to species in seconds. GPS tracking that tags all recordings with location information. Free Auto-ID app. The Echo Meter Touch 2 works with compatible Apple and Android devices.
Now available in two models, for hobbyists and professionals.
Price includes the EM Touch module, but not the iOS or Android device.
You will need additional apps for recording (free) and auto-ID (free) from the App Store or Google Play.
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Order now at £210/£375 including 60 day 100% Satisfaction Guarantee,
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The new MINI BAT Bat Detector

MINI BAT The new MINI BAT is a full spectrum and zero crossing passive ultrasonic recorder that can also be used with an optional acoustic microphone.

It's our smallest and lightest passive bat recorder with an impressive deployment time of 30 nights using alkaline batteries or 150 nights using lithium ion batteries.

Settings can be checked and changed via Bluetooth using an app on your phone.

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The SM4BAT Bat Detector

SM4BAT The SM4 family consists of two models: The SM4BAT FS and the SM4 (acoustic). The FS model records in full spectrum. The ultrasonic recorder has a single microphone with cable and the acoustic model has two integral microphones.

Designed around the size of four D-sized batteries, the SM4 family of recorders includes the smallest and lightest, weatherproof recorders available.

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Wildlife Acoustics SM3 Ultrasonic Microphone Wildlife Acoustics SMM-U1 Ultrasonic Microphone for SM3BAT
The SMM-U1 is a highly sensitive, low noise ultrasonic microphone, designed for recording ultrasound up to 190 kHz. The SMM-U1 is a powered microphone and can be used with up to 100 meters of cable with no attenuation or degradation. The microphone has a differential output which significantly reduces noise from electromagnetic sources. The omnidirectional SMM-U1 is ideal for unattended monitoring where the precise direction of bat activity is not known in advance.The SMM-U1 Ultrasonic microphone comes with a 3 meter cable.
£290 with Free UK delivery (including VAT)
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SM3BAT Microphone
Wildlife Acoustics SMM-U2 Ultrasonic Microphone Wildlife Acoustics SMM-U2 Ultrasonic Microphone for SM4BAT
The SMM-U2 is a much improved (on the SMM-U1) highly sensitive, low noise ultrasonic microphone, designed for recording ultrasound up to 190 kHz. The SMM-U2 is a powered microphone and can be used with up to 100 meters of cable with no attenuation or degradation. The microphone has a differential output which significantly reduces noise from electromagnetic sources. The omnidirectional SMM-U2 is ideal for unattended monitoring where the precise direction of bat activity is not known in advance.The SMM-U2 Ultrasonic microphone comes with a 5 metre cable.
£240 with Free UK delivery (including VAT)
SM4BAT Microphone
Wildlife Acoustics SM3 Acoustic Microphone Wildlife Acoustics SM3 Acoustic Microphone (SMM-A1) for SM3BAT
The SM3 Acoustic microphone is for recording birds, frogs and other non-ultrasonic sounds and comes with a 3 meter cable. It can also be attached to extension cables that enable recordings at distances of up to 100 metres from the detector.
£220 with Free UK delivery (including VAT)
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Wildlife Acoustics Microphone Extension Cables for SM3 Wildlife Acoustics Microphone Extension Cables for SM3 & SM4
With these cables you can place the microphones away from the SM3 & SM4, at up to 100m, so you could have two microphones 200m apart using one SM3 (SM4BAT is single channel).
Available in 3m, 10m and 50m lengths, which can be joined together.
3m microphone extension cable - £130 with Free UK delivery (inc VAT)
10m microphone extension cable - £165 with Free UK delivery (inc VAT)
50m microphone extension cable - £320 with Free UK delivery (inc VAT)
3m cable
10m cable
50m cable
Wildlife Acoustics SM3 Power Adaptor Wildlife Acoustics SM3/SM4 Power Cable
With the SM3/SM4 Power Cable, you can hook up an external battery or a complete solar panel charging system to the SM3 or SM4. The unit attaches directly to a 6v or 12v battery source.
A deep-cycle AGM lead acid or Gel Cell lead acid battery is recommended.
£99 with Free UK delivery (including VAT)
SM3 power cable
GPS for EM3/SMZC/SM4
£190 including
UK Delivery & VAT!!

2m extension cable for GPS
£20 including
UK Delivery & VAT!!

Bat Detective book and CD Bat Detective Book & CD
This book, together with the accompanying CD, provides an essential reference for bat enthusiasts who would like to gain or improve their skills in identifying British bats, using a bat detector. The material is suitable for those who have just acquired a bat detector as well as for more experienced bat workers. The sounds of 13 bat species are included in the 48 tracks of the CD. This is the first ever comprehensive compilation of British bat recordings on compact disc.
£25 including UK delivery!
Is That a Bat? Is That a Bat?
The occurrence of non-bat sounds during bat surveys can be distracting, intriguing or annoying. Recordings can include difficult to ID species of bat but also sounds not related to bats. This can be especially true when noise triggers such as insects, small mammals or birds look like bat-related noise. Therefore, only knowing what bats sound like is not enough. It's extremely useful to know what other sources of noise look and sound like within the same soundscape. This book will help bat workers, in whatever environment they're in, to be more confident in recognising, categorising and dismissing other sounds. The book includes a substantial downloadable sound library (.wav format) that readers can listen to by ear or process through sound analysis software.
Written by Neil Middleton, a well-respected bat worker and author of Social Calls of the Bats of Britain & Ireland, as well as The Effective Ecologist.
£35 including UK delivery!
British Bat Calls British Bat Calls
Knowledge of bat echolocation, calls and identification using bat detectors and programs such as BatSound has grown significantly in the last decade. In this practical guide Jon Russ and contributors (Kate Barlow, Philip Briggs & Sandie Sowler) present the latest data in a clear and concise manner.
The book covers topics such as the properties of sound; how bats use sound; bat detection methods; recording devices; analysis software; recording techniques and call analysis. For each species found in the British Isles, information is given on distribution; emergence times; flight and foraging behaviour; habitat; and echolocation including parameters for common measurements. Calls are described in the context of the different technologies used (heterodyne, frequency division and time expansion). Various spectrograms are displayed for each species using examples from both BatSound and AnaLook. An echolocation key is included with the book.
£35 including UK delivery!
Social Calls of the Bats of Britain and Ireland Social Calls of the Bats of Britain and Ireland (second edition) Pre-order for July 2022
This updated and expanded edition includes additional information and new examples not found in the first edition (further down this page). The call library now includes full spectrum sound files, as well as many new examples. Survey guidelines are included in the book.
The social calls of bats are an area about which relatively little is known, with more research still required to expand our understanding. This book summarises what is understood so far about social calls of the bat species occurring in Britain and Ireland, and north-west Europe.
This new edition contains: foreward by Michel Barataud, author of Acoustic Ecology of European Bats; almost double the number of figures and tables as the first edition; completely overhauled call library, all in full spectrum, with new examples; three entirely new chapters, covering bat-related acoustics, settings for social interactions, and survey guidelines.

£40 inclusive - nothing else to pay!!
Social Calls of the Bats of Britain and Ireland Social Calls of the Bats of Britain and Ireland
Bats are fascinating mammals about which we still have much to learn. As well as using ultrasonic echolocation calls for orientation and while foraging, they also have a complex array of vocalisations for communication. These are known as social calls and are an essential component of their colonial lifestyle.
This book brings together the current state of knowledge of social calls relating to the bat species occurring within Britain and Ireland, with some additional examples from species represented elsewhere in Europe. It includes access to a downloadable library of calls to be used in conjunction with the book.

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£35 including UK delivery!
Bats of Britain and Europe Bats of Britain and Europe
This concise and definitive guide presents all 45 bat species that regularly occur in Europe (of which 17 are known to breed in the British Isles). The extensive introduction details the remarkable biology of bats and explores the latest findings in bat evolution, behaviour and echolocation.

This is followed by in-depth species accounts covering life history, conservation status and identification, including echolocation characteristics, and complemented by accurate distribution maps, with the book illustrated throughout with superb colour photography.

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£35 inclusive - includes UK delivery

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