Dr Kieran O'Malley
@KezOmalley
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Research Manager at African Bat Conservation | PhD on barbastelle bats 🦇 | BCT Vincent Weir Award winner | Caver, climber, kayaker, mountain biker
Malawi
Joined November 2023
Thank you @_BCT_ ! It's an honour to receive this award, truly grateful for the recognition 😊 Wish I could have been there, but somehow still haven't made it to any big bat conference in person yet. Hopefully one day soon!🦇🙌 @vincentwildlife #NatBatConf #bats #conservation
Next up is this year's winner of the Vincent Weir Award @KezOmalley whose research has focused on the impacts of roads on bats #NatBatConf
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Straw-coloured fruit bats in Lilongwe, Malawi! 🦇 These mammals have the largest mammal migration on Earth! Every year, up to 10 million gather in Kasanka National Park, Zambia—in an area the size of just 3 football pitches 🌍 #Wildlife #Bats #Conservation #Lilongwe #Nature
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There’s a worrying (convenient?) misconception that barbastelles are “high flyers” and therefore not at risk from vehicle collisions… despite alarming no. of vehicle collision records for this very rare species ⚠️🚘 🦇💥 #Traffication @_BCT_ @NorfolkWT @NorfolkNats @Alauda123
It’s happened again ☹️ Rare barbastelle bat taken to bat carer in Norfolk & Norwich Bat Group this week - hit by a car & didn’t survive. Road schemes like proposed Norwich Western Link, which would pass through internationally important barbastelle area, are major threat. @_BCT_
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Visited Thumbi West Island on lake Malawi for sunset, and had a few African fish eagles to keep us company🦅 #fisheagle #eagle #nature #malawi #wildlife #outdoors #lakemalawi #lake #island #capemaclear
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There is lots of potential for climbing in Malawi, most of which is still being explored. So it was great to visit Nkhoma mountain on the weekend and tackle a few unclimbed boulders for the first time! 🧗⛰️ #nkhoma #nkhomamountain #bouldering #climbing #outdoors #nature #malawi
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It’s time for Labour to remember its roots and reinstate the right to peaceful protest. Thanks to @ChrisGPackham for the narration Location: HMP Wormwood Scrubs
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🚨New on the Blog🚨 🦇 This Halloween season, discover the hidden lives of bats! We chatted with Laura Stidsholt (Aarhus University) who spies on what these nighttime hunters are feasting on by listening to their chewing! No tricks, just treats! 🦋🐸 https://t.co/6Ju4ueiYnt
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By Don-Jean Léandri-Breton –October 8, 2024 Photo by Denley Photography on Unsplash Most bats are elusive, small nocturnal animals. Although they often live close to humans, in our gardens and park…
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A video highlight our findings of diurnal bat foraging over stream in Borneo. More details on our JNH paper @tandfonline
https://t.co/WfywIP3lrh. @ellen_mcarthur @Faisal_AnwarAli @adria_baucells @RicardoNature.
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Say hello to Graham, who went for an accidental swim in a nearby lake. He was treading water and extremely weak, but was saved by some kind people that drove him to us! He arrived in style, comfortably nestled in a graham cracker box. He will be released once he's a bit stronger!
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This is absolute madness. Carbon capture and storage has failed time and again. Labour has slashed reliable green programmes, to pour vast sums of our money into a complete crock. The only possible explanation is lobbying by fossil fuel companies.🧵
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Investment will fund two CCS clusters – but environmental campaigners have criticised plans
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Great to see our research continuing to be applied in the conservation of barbastelle bats! However, I was also fortunate to work around so many amazing people and organisations dedicated to continue this work @vincentwildlife #bats #ecology #conservation
We published this article a year ago today, and it's great to see the methodology being used as part of the new national survey of barbastelle bats. I've found 2 new roosts this year 🦇🦇 https://t.co/f9P6TsUgrC 🚀 #AnimalBehavior #Ecology #bats
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Our new species, Rhinolophus webalai, is featured in the news! 🦇⬇️ https://t.co/NrEsMlyO6A Bruce Patterson, @Paul_Webala @tdemos7 @CmMontauban @grunwald_a80584 @Javier_JusteB Julian Kerbis Peterhans, Molly McDonough, Carl Dick, Michael Bartonjo, M. Corrie Schoeman & Luis Ruedas
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Presenting, the incredibly rare and ever elusive... bat blep 👅 🦇: Chestnut short-tailed bat 📸: Christian Ziegler/ Minden Pictures
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One of many elephants I spotted in South Luangwa National Park last week 🐘🇿🇲 #southluangwa #elephant #nationalpark #zambia #nature #wildlife #africa #africawildlife #safari #msandileriverlodge #southluangwanationalpark
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Are you a early-career bat researcher looking to present your work in a friendly, welcoming environment? - Look no further! 🦇 We are now accepting abstract submissions for BritBats 2025 via our website https://t.co/SJUW4cIPct Closing date for submissions: 31st October 2024
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They do move in herds! (cue Jurassic Park theme 🎵) #southluangwa #zambia #safari #elephants #giraffes #herds #nature #wildlife #africa #africawildlife #nationalpark
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in collab with @BatConIntl , we're looking for a field biologist to join us at @UofOklahoma to lead surveys of bats in western OK (OU) and northern TX (BCI). apps are due end of October, and the position can start anytime Jan/Feb 2025. please circulate! https://t.co/UTK6WuZ2kX
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Hopped over the border to Zambia for the weekend to visit South Luangwa National Park. There was definitely no shortage of leopard sightings! 🐆🇿🇲 #southluangwa #zambia #leopard #wildlife #nature #bigcats #safari #predator #africawildlife #nationalpark #southluangwanationalpark
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So Huw Edwards gets a suspended sentence for buying and making pornographic images of children, while peaceful environmental defenders seeking to prevent social catastrophe get 3, 4 and 5 years. Some justice, this.
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