Over 443 volunteers have been going batty over ‘The Bats in Backyards project’ and Brewarrina, Bogan and Walgett Shires have now joined the bat boom.
Farmers, nature lovers, and families across the state are part of a growing movement of citizen scientists helping to protect Australia’s insect-eating bats.
In its fourth season, the project has recorded 24 species and captured over 516,000 bat calls, which has included nine threatened species, the Large-eared pied bat, Little bent-winged bat and Greater broad-nosed bat…