The Bat Pack - Base (Monthly)

NZ$14.95 every month

Our digital Bat Pack is designed to empower New Zealanders to detect our native bats, and turn that into management action in the habitats they rely on.

Do you want to find out if you have bats flying around your place at night, but don’t know how to identify their echolocation calls from insect or bird sounds? We’ve got you covered.

Perhaps you’re not keen on clicking through thousands of sound recordings from dozens of survey sites to see where and when you have bat activity. We get you answers quick.

Simply record nighttime sounds with your bat detector (any full spectrum detector is suitable), then upload the sound files using a Desktop App. Your data will be analysed and transformed into a personalised report emailed to you within 48 hours. Our automated bat call classifiers have been built from tens of thousands of sound recordings - including long and short tailed bats and a myriad of other night time sounds. The Bat Pack automatically identifies and separates New Zealand’s native bat species’ calls from other nigh time noises, allowing you to discover which bat species are nearby. It also categorises different types of bat calls, including search phase echolocation, feeding buzzes and social calls to give you immediate insights as to what bats were doing at your survey site.

The experience of acoustic bat surveying is now accessible to anyone, regardless of expertise. All of your sound recordings will be used to help build the New Zealand National Bat Survey bat distribution maps, showcasing the true power of citizen science in conservation.

Important note: sound recordings used with The Bat Pack must be no longer than 5 seconds in length. This is a readily configurable setting on almost all full spectrum bat detectors.

Once you have purchased your Bat Pack sign up to the New Zealand National Bat Survey here - https://www.thebatcolab.co.nz/nz-national-bat-survey and follow the instructions to set up your account and book your survey location! For further assistance, please contact us at mark@thebatcolab.co.nz.

This product is digital and will not be shipped.

Pricing is based on typical and reasonable use consistent with the intended purpose of the service. The subscription includes a generous allowance designed to accommodate normal survey effort across the majority of users. Where usage substantially exceeds typical levels, this may be reviewed to ensure the service remains sustainable and fair for all users. In such cases, options may include discussing an alternative plan, applying an additional usage charge, or adjusting future access by agreement. Any review of usage will be undertaken transparently and in good faith, with the aim of maintaining value, certainty, and ongoing access rather than restricting use unnecessarily.

Our digital Bat Pack is designed to empower New Zealanders to detect our native bats, and turn that into management action in the habitats they rely on.

Do you want to find out if you have bats flying around your place at night, but don’t know how to identify their echolocation calls from insect or bird sounds? We’ve got you covered.

Perhaps you’re not keen on clicking through thousands of sound recordings from dozens of survey sites to see where and when you have bat activity. We get you answers quick.

Simply record nighttime sounds with your bat detector (any full spectrum detector is suitable), then upload the sound files using a Desktop App. Your data will be analysed and transformed into a personalised report emailed to you within 48 hours. Our automated bat call classifiers have been built from tens of thousands of sound recordings - including long and short tailed bats and a myriad of other night time sounds. The Bat Pack automatically identifies and separates New Zealand’s native bat species’ calls from other nigh time noises, allowing you to discover which bat species are nearby. It also categorises different types of bat calls, including search phase echolocation, feeding buzzes and social calls to give you immediate insights as to what bats were doing at your survey site.

The experience of acoustic bat surveying is now accessible to anyone, regardless of expertise. All of your sound recordings will be used to help build the New Zealand National Bat Survey bat distribution maps, showcasing the true power of citizen science in conservation.

Important note: sound recordings used with The Bat Pack must be no longer than 5 seconds in length. This is a readily configurable setting on almost all full spectrum bat detectors.

Once you have purchased your Bat Pack sign up to the New Zealand National Bat Survey here - https://www.thebatcolab.co.nz/nz-national-bat-survey and follow the instructions to set up your account and book your survey location! For further assistance, please contact us at mark@thebatcolab.co.nz.

This product is digital and will not be shipped.

Pricing is based on typical and reasonable use consistent with the intended purpose of the service. The subscription includes a generous allowance designed to accommodate normal survey effort across the majority of users. Where usage substantially exceeds typical levels, this may be reviewed to ensure the service remains sustainable and fair for all users. In such cases, options may include discussing an alternative plan, applying an additional usage charge, or adjusting future access by agreement. Any review of usage will be undertaken transparently and in good faith, with the aim of maintaining value, certainty, and ongoing access rather than restricting use unnecessarily.

  • The Bat Pack includes:

    A data pack to upload your recordings to the BTO Desktop App.

    Access to custom reporting with fascinating insights tailored to your findings, with a 48 hour data processing turnaround.

    Interactive survey maps where you can view other user contributions.

    Key project stats and updates.

    Compatible with your own detectors.

    Key benefits and features:

    • Powerful data processing allows for multiple bat species that present to be identified in each recording, not just the bats with the strongest signals. This means that quieter bat species have the opportunity to be identified.

    • There is separate identification for bat echolocation calls, social calls and feeding buzzes, not only helping to identify species but feeding patterns, proximity to roosts and mating behaviours.

    • Project specific visualisations allow you to see summaries of species at various recording sites, activity timing and activity mapping.

    • The special reporting algorithm was developed in the UK by Dr Stuart Newsom and Dr Simon Gillings in collaboration with experts throughout Europe. We are now bringing this exciting world of bat surveying to New Zealand.