The Bats and Lighting Research Project aims to raise awareness of the issues associated with light pollution and bats and promote environmentally friendly behaviour. We do this at both individual and policy levels, working with local county councils to promote environmentally friendly lighting regimes as well as conducting public awareness activities to make people think about individual actions and changes that they can make.

The B&L Project held a stall at the Bristol Festival of Nature for the first time in 2010. The stall was well attended and we were able to give out hundreds of leaflets about bats, lighting and the project.

We engaged with the kids by conducting face painting, giving out B&L stickers and making bouncy bat hats which went down a storm.

We also took the opportunity to hand out questionnaires and engage in discussions about lighting issues in the local area.

Many people were suprised to learn of the ecological impacts that streetlights have and were very keen to support the project to help protect bats and biodiversity.