Listed below are a collection of Somerset bat reports and survey findings collected by Cath Shellswell over the last decade+. We hope members find this useful.
If you are aware of any other Somerset Bat information, then please do email us the details so we can add it to the library: somersetbatgroup@gmail.com
Somerset Bat Distribution
- Edward and Helen Wells (1998) The Distribution of Bats in Somerset
- Knight Ecology (2011) Somerset Econet Bat Surveys Taunton and Wellington, Somerset County Council
- Somerset Environmental Record Centre (2012) Somerset Species Occurrence Mapping
By Habitat
Hedgerows
By Species
Barbastelle’s
Bechstein’s
Greater horseshoe
- R D Ransome (1997) The management of greater horseshoe bat feeding areas to enhance population levels, English Nature Research Reports No. 241
- R D Ransome (1998) The impact of maternity roost conditions on populations of greater horseshoe bats, English Nature Research Reports No. 292
- Dr Garath Jones and Geoff Billington (1999) Radio tracking study of greater horseshoe bats at Cheddar North Somerset, English Nature contract No: F14/01/572
- Geoff Billington (2000) Radio tracking study of greater horseshoe bats at Mells near Frome, English Nature Research Reports No. 403
- Geoff Billington (2000) Combe Down Greater Horseshoe Bats: radio tracking study
- Katie Parsons (2000) Bat activity at Combe Down mines during summer and autumn 2000
- English Nature (2003) (Devon) Greater Horseshoe bat Project 1998-2003, Report Number 532
- Geoff Billington (2013) Cheddar Reservoir2 Radio tracking studies of greater horseshoe and lesser horseshoe bats June and August 2013, Greena Ecological Consultancy
- Foxley et al. (2023) A high resolution spatial modelling framework for landscape-level, strategic conservation planning, Ecological Informatics
- Foxley et al. (2023) Habitat suitability is correlated with acoustic activity of bats, Landscape Ecology
Natterer’s
Noctule
By Survey Type
Big Bat Surveys
Mendip Hills 2007 to 2012
- Mendip Hills Big Bat Survey Report 2007
- Mendip Hills Big Bat Survey Report 2008
- Mendip Hills Big Bat Survey Report 2009
- Mendip Hills Big Bat Survey Report 2010
- Mendip Hills Big Bat Survey Report 2011
- Mendip Hills Big Bat Survey Report 2012
- Juliet Reid (2012) Can the presence or abundance of bats be predicted by habitat features and characteristics? Bath Spa BSc Environmental Science dissertation
- C Shellswell et all (2013) Mendip Hills Big Bat Survey – Assessing Bat Distribution across a landscape, Somerset archaeology and natural history
Blackdowns 2011 to 2016
- Blackdowns 2011 Big Bat Survey Report
- Blackdowns 2012 Big Bat Survey Report
- Blackdowns 2013 Big Bat Survey Report
- Blackdowns 2014 Big Bat Survey Report
- Blackdowns 2015 Big Bat Survey Report
- Blackdowns 2016 Big Bat Survey Report
Brue Valley 2013 to 2017
- Brue Valley 2013 Big Bat Survey Report
- Brue Valley 2014 Big Bat Survey Report
- Brue Valley 2015 Big Bat Survey Report
- Brue Valley 2016 Big Bat Survey Report
- Brue Valley 2017 Big Bat Survey Report