Bats are an amazingly diverse group of mammals, found throughout the world, with the exception of the extreme polar regions. This summary, however, will deal primarily with those species resident in the UK. Please select a subject from the menu on the right.
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Bibliography
A Field Guide to British Bats - by Frank Greenaway & A. M. Hutson
Bruce Coleman Books
-- 1990
-- ISBN: 978-1872842004
A Guide to British Bats (3rd Edition) - by Kate Jones & Allyson Walsh
Field Studies Council
-- 2006
Atlas of the Mammals of Great Britain & Northern Ireland - by Multiple Contributors
Pelagic Publishing
-- 2020
-- ISBN: 978-1784272043
Bat Ecology - by Thomas Kunz & Brock Fenton
University of Chicago Press
-- 2005
-- ISBN: 978-0226462073
Bats - by Phil Richardson
Natural History Museum
-- 2011
-- ISBN: 978-0565092757
Bats of Britain & Europe - by Christian Dietz & Andreas Kiefer
Bloomsbury Natural History
-- 2016
-- ISBN: 978-1472922021
Bats of the British Isles - by A.A. Wardhaugh
Shire Publishers Ltd.
-- 1995
-- ISBN: 978-0852638569
Britain’s Mammals 2018: The Mammal Society’s Guide to their Population & Conservation Status - by Multiple Contributors
The Mammal Society
-- 2020
-- ISBN: 978-0993567339
British Bats - by John Altringham
Collins New Naturalist
-- 2009
-- ISBN: 978-0007308682
Collins Field Guide: Mammals of Britain and Europe - by David MacDonald and Priscilla Barrett
HarperCollins Publishers
-- 1993
-- ISBN: 978-0002197793
Echolocation in Bats and Dolphins - by Jeanette Thomas, Cynthia Moss & Marianne Vater
University of Chicago Press
-- 2004
-- ISBN: 978-0226795997
Environmental Artbook Series: Australian Bats - by Jim Morris & Lynne Tracey
Greater Glider Productions
-- 2003
-- ISBN: 978-0947304089
Fauna Britannica - by Stefan Buczacki
Hamlyn Publishing
-- 2002
-- ISBN: 978-0600598671
Mammals of the British Isles: Handbook, 4th Edition - by Stephen Harris and Derek Yalden (eds)
The Mammal Society
-- 2008
-- ISBN: 978-0906282656
The natural history "bible" covering all British mammals with detailed coverage of their biology, behaviour, ecology and taxonomy written by experts in the field and referenced to the primary literature.
Mind the Gap: Postglacial colonization of Ireland - by John L. Davenport, David P. Sleeman & Peter C. Woodman (eds)
Irish Naturalists' Journal
-- 2008
Nick Baker’s British Wildlife: A month by month guide - by Nick Baker
New Holland Publishers
-- 2003
-- ISBN: 978-1845171131
Nightmares of Nature - by Richard Matthews
HarperCollins
-- 1995
-- ISBN: 978-0002200158
RSPB Spotlight Bats - by Nancy Jennings
Bloomsbury Wildlife
-- 2018
-- ISBN: 978-1472950055
Silent Fields: The long decline of a nation’s wildlife - by Roger Lovegrove
Oxford Univesrity Press
-- 2007
-- ISBN: 978-0199548156
Silently by Night: About the little-known but fascinating world of bats - by Russell Peterson
Longman Ltd.
-- 1966
Simon King’s Wildguide - by Simon King
BBC Books
-- 1994
-- ISBN: 978-0563364962
Supernatural - The unseen powers of animals - by John Downer
BBC Books
-- 1999
-- ISBN: 978-0563384922
The Biology of Bats - by Gerhard Neuweiler
Oxford University Press
-- 2000
-- ISBN: 978-0195099515
The British Mammal Guide - by Steve Evans & Paul Wetton
Isabelline Films
-- 2015
-- ISBN: N/A
The Complete Bat - by James Robertson
Chatto & Windus
-- 1990
-- ISBN: 978-0701135003
The Darkness is Light Enough: The field journal of a night naturalist - by Chris Ferris
Sphere Books Ltd.
-- 1986
-- ISBN: 978-0718126902
The Encyclopaedia of Mammals - by David MacDonald (ed.)
Brown Reference Group
-- 2006
-- ISBN: 978-0199206087
The New Amateur Naturalist - by Nick Baker
HarperCollins Publishers
-- 2004
-- ISBN: 978-0007157310
The Wildlife Trust’s Handbook of Garden Wildlife - by Nicholas Hammond
Bloomsbury Natural History
-- 2014
-- ISBN: 978-1472915863
UK Mammals: Species Status & Population Trends - by The Tracking Mammals Partnership
JNCC/TMP
-- 2005
-- ISBN: 978-1861075680
Urban Mammals: A Concise Guide - by David Wembridge
Whittet Books
-- 2012
-- ISBN: 978-1873580851
Urban Wildlife - by Peter Shirley
Whittet Books
-- 1996
-- ISBN: 978-1873580233
Wild Animals of Britain & Europe - by Helga Hofmann
HarperCollins Publishers
-- 1995
-- ISBN: 978-0007627271