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The Bat Pack Organisation Subscription (Monthly)

NZ$178.25 every month

(inc. GST, subscription auto renews - annual subscription charged monthly.) This is a digital subscription. No physical product will be shipped.

The Bat Pack is the key tool behind pekapeka monitoring across the National Bat Survey, turning recordings into reports that support bat conservation across Aotearoa.

What do I get?

Get your time back, and save on processing costs. Upload your full spectrum bat recordings and receive a rapid, personalised report within 48 hours, automatically analysed and ready to use. Unlimited devices and data usage for each organisation, subject to fair use.

Our analysis is powered by the BTO Acoustic Pipeline, developed by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) and used here in New Zealand through our partnership with them. It identifies long-tailed and short-tailed bat echolocation calls, feeding buzzes and social calls, so your reports can support ecological monitoring, environmental assessments and conservation projects.

How do I know it is accurate?

The Bat Pack delivers great accuracy. We work with Stuart Newson, an expert in bat acoustics who developed the analysis behind the BTO’s Acoustic Pipeline.

Supporting our pekapeka (bats)

Every recording you upload also contributes to the New Zealand National Bat Survey, helping build a clearer picture of bat distribution across Aotearoa.

Getting started

To take part in the National Bat Survey and upload your recordings, visit our National Bat Survey page for simple steps. Questions? Email mark@thebatcolab.co.nz.

(inc. GST, subscription auto renews - annual subscription charged monthly.) This is a digital subscription. No physical product will be shipped.

The Bat Pack is the key tool behind pekapeka monitoring across the National Bat Survey, turning recordings into reports that support bat conservation across Aotearoa.

What do I get?

Get your time back, and save on processing costs. Upload your full spectrum bat recordings and receive a rapid, personalised report within 48 hours, automatically analysed and ready to use. Unlimited devices and data usage for each organisation, subject to fair use.

Our analysis is powered by the BTO Acoustic Pipeline, developed by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) and used here in New Zealand through our partnership with them. It identifies long-tailed and short-tailed bat echolocation calls, feeding buzzes and social calls, so your reports can support ecological monitoring, environmental assessments and conservation projects.

How do I know it is accurate?

The Bat Pack delivers great accuracy. We work with Stuart Newson, an expert in bat acoustics who developed the analysis behind the BTO’s Acoustic Pipeline.

Supporting our pekapeka (bats)

Every recording you upload also contributes to the New Zealand National Bat Survey, helping build a clearer picture of bat distribution across Aotearoa.

Getting started

To take part in the National Bat Survey and upload your recordings, visit our National Bat Survey page for simple steps. Questions? Email mark@thebatcolab.co.nz.

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Why the Bat Pack

Automated reports from full spectrum recordings, built on international best practice and developed with an expert in bat acoustics.

Two ways to analyse a recording

Bat analysis can start from the sound itself or from an image of it. The Bat Pack starts with the full spectrum sound recording.

Bat Pack
Bat detector recording Full spectrum sound analysed Report
Image-based analysis
Bat detector recording Sound converted to an image Image analysed Report

Full spectrum analysis

Key feature

Analyses full spectrum sound recordings directly, with no conversion step.

International best practice

Internationally recognised recordings, in line with international and European best practice for acoustics.

Automated, ready-to-use reports

Reports arrive in up to 48 hours and are ready to use. You can still verify results yourself if you wish.

Developed by an expert

Powered by the BTO Acoustic Pipeline, with analysis developed by bat acoustics expert Stuart Nelson.

Works with a wide range of bat detectors

Buy a detector from us, or use the one you already own. The Bat Pack works with both.

  • 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.

  • 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.