Guidance for professionals
The Bat Conservation Trust encourages people working with bats, or those who might come into contact with bats or their roosts during their daily lives, to follow good practice.
We have worked with organisations and individuals across many sectors to develop a range of guidance to help you conduct your business or perform your work with consideration for bats
Current good practice guidance
Bat Surveys: Good Practice Guidelines - 2nd edition
A new edition will be published in March 2012. BCT is currently looking for sponsors. If you are interested, please contact Hannah Rawnsley (hrawnsley@bats.org.uk). Hard copies are available for pre-order from NHBS. Further details.
Surveying for Onshore Wind Farms
This new guidance has been drafted to become an individual chapter of the second edition of the Bat Surveys Good Practice Guidelines (to be published in their entirety in the autumn). It can also be used as a standalone document. It is intended for all types of onshore wind farm for which bat surveys are required, from single to multi-turbine developments.
The electronic version of the publication is available to download free of charge, however, we do ask that you provide your details. Surveying for Onshore Wind Farms.
Bat Surveys - Good Practice Guidelines (1st ed) 
Provides a guide to the type and level of survey required for different habitats, in order to adequately ascertain their use by bats. These guidelines were developed with input from experts in the field and they provide the best current thinking on bat surveys.
The printed version of the publication is available for purchase from NHBS. The electronic version of the publication is available to download free of charge, however, we do ask that you provide your details. Bat Surveys - Good Practice Guidelines.
Bat Care Guidelines - A Guide to Bat Care for Rehabilitators
These guidelines were developed to provide veterinary practices and new rehabilitators with practical advice that can be used when treating bats brought into their care. The guidelines contain basic information on all aspects of a bat's rehabilitation and refer the reader to further sources for a more detailed explanation.
If you are a veterinary practice or a new rehabilitator and would like a copy of the guidelines please click here or email Helen Miller, stating your reason for wanting to receive a copy of the guidelines.
Invertebrate Trapping for Bat Rehabilitation
Developed by BCT, in consultation with Natural England, CCW, the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), local bat group members, Butterfly Conservation, Buglife and the Amateur Entomological Society. Download Invertebrate Trapping for Bat Rehabilitation
Woodland Management for Bats
Aimed at anyone who owns or manages trees. It is applicable to wooded landscapes such as parks, large estates, National Parks, woodland reserves and commercial forests managed for timber, tourism or game. Published by the Forestry Commission for England and Wales, in partnership with BCT, CCW and English Nature (Natural England). Woodland Management for Bats
Bats and Lighting in the UK
Produced by BCT in partnership with the Institution of Lighting Engineers (ILE), this document is suitable for both bat workers and lighting engineers. Bats and Lighting in the UK
