Almost all have been managed for hunting or timber during most of their history, but the majority are now nature reserves and home to wildlife such as the pearl-bordered fritillary butterfly and barbastelle bat, as well as a rich variety of woodland plants. ❋ Unknown (2011)
The underground galleries hold ten species of wintering bat in reasonable numbers including the rare and Shreiber's bat Miniopterus schreibersi, lesser horseshoe bat Rhinolophus hipposideros (VU), long-fingered bat Myotis capaccinii (VU), greater mouse-eared bat M. myotis, Savi's pipistrelle Pipistrellus savii and western barbastelle Barbastella barbastellus (VU). ❋ Unknown (2008)
Many readers have doubtless seen bats in the course of their evening walks, and it may, therefore, be worth while to remind them that British bats -- the long-eared and the barbastelle bats, for example, -- feed upon insects. ❋ Various (N/A)
But the barbastelle has jumped ahead in the evolutionary arms race between moth and bat. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The barbastelle hunts moths equipped with sensitive ears that pick up ultrasonic bat sounds. ❋ Unknown (2010)
'' Whereas moths can detect other bats more than 30 metres away, the barbastelle gets as close as 3.5 metres without being detected. '' ❋ Unknown (2010)
Fellow Bristol scientist Dr Holger Goerlitz said: '' We modelled detection distances for bats and moths and found that by whispering, the barbastelle can hear the echo from an unsuspecting moth before the moth becomes aware of the approaching bat. ❋ Unknown (2010)
This established for the first time that the barbastelle almost exclusively preys on moths that have ears. ❋ Unknown (2010)
In order to find out why the barbastelle can catch such moths when other bats cannot, the researchers then measured how well moths can detect different bat species by recording the activity of the nerve in the moth's ear while tracking the position of flying bats at the same time. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Like a stealth fighter plane, the barbastelle bat uses a sneaky hunting strategy to catch its prey. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The barbastelle bat is a very successful hunter which eats large numbers of moths. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The barbastelle bats 'strategy is successful as it enables them to catch moths that would normally fly away and to avoid competition by feeding on prey that other bats find much more difficult to catch. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Like a stealth fighter plane, the barbastelle bat uses a sneaky hunting strategy to catch its prey ❋ Unknown (2010)
The bat was captured by Matt Zeale from the University's School of Biological Sciences while researching another rare bat, the barbastelle, which has also been recorded on this site for the first time. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Species such as the willow tit, marsh tit, barbastelle bat, Bechstein's bat, pearl-bordered fritillary butterfly and dormouse all rely on ancient woodland to survive. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Other threatened mammals include pond bat (Myotis dasycneme), barbastelle (Barbastella barbastellus), wolf (Canis lupus), steppe polecat (Mustela eversmannii), and spotted souslik (Spermophilus suslicus). ❋ Unknown (2008)
Dr Holger Goerlitz said: "We modelled detection distances for bats and moths and found that by whispering, the barbastelle can hear the echo from an unsuspecting moth before the moth becomes aware of the approaching bat. ❋ Unknown (2010)