Since founding Bat Rehabilitation Ireland in 2019, Susan has cared for just under 1’500 bats.
Originally qualified as a nurse, Susan has made significant contributions to our understanding of the ability of injured bat wings to heal and the treatment of microbial infections in bats.
In 2023, Susan and Will set up the first study to examine how bats in rehabilitation respond to carved roosts – establishing for the first time the strong preference for chainsaw carved roosts over other roosting opportunities shown by a wide spectrum of bat species – Plecotus auritus, Pipistrellus pygmaeus, Pipistrellus pipistrellus, Myotis nattereri, Pipistrellus nathusii, Myotis daubentonii, Nyctalus leisleri and Myotis mystacinus.
Susan also provides education and training on bat conservation.
https://batrehabilitationireland.ie
https://www.instagram.com/bat_rehabilitation_ireland
Page prepared by Will Robertson and reviewed by Susan Kerwin.
References to research papers, etc. can be found here: References
“As climbing arborists, we exist at a unique confluence of art, science and athletics. Our profession has undergone a transformation from a dogmatic to a scientific era similar to that in medicine in the second half of the 20th century. As the challenges of biodiversity loss intensify, we find ourselves at a second turning point: we change from being consumers of research to leaders of the fundamental research and of the practical advances needed to ensure that trees remain homes to our most beautiful and endangered creatures.”
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From the tree crowns of an Irish forest I’d like to welcome you. At time of writing in July 2024 we’re focused on field studies, rehabilitation studies, bat counts and trying to work out what best to do after a devastating series of wildfires affecting Myomimus roachi in autumn 2023 and summer 2024 so this is just a basic site and we’ll be adding a lot more detail on species, people and techniques in English, German, French and Italian in autumn 2024. 🙂
Will 🌳🌲❤
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