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Learn bat sound analysis from a practising specialist.

Online courses in recording and identifying bat calls, taught the way Nils Bouillard does it on his own consultancy projects.

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Nils Bouillard, bat acoustics specialist

How do you become a bat acoustics specialist?

By learning from someone who does the work, then being tested on real recordings.

  • Learn the method

    Video lessons and a workbook: how bats echolocate, how to record them, and how to read a spectrogram.

  • Identify field recordings

    Short questionnaires between modules, then mystery calls: field recordings you identify as far as the evidence allows. Clear-cut calls are marked automatically, the uncertain ones by Nils Bouillard.

  • Apply it to your own data

    An assignment on your own recordings or your own region, reviewed with comments, and a certificate that anyone can verify.

Bat Acoustics Academy

Choose your region.

Every option includes the four core modules. Add the region you work in, or both.

Certificate

Core modules I–IV plus European identification.

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  • Bat Acoustics Academy: Core
  • Regional module: Europe
  • 9 months of access, extendable
Details
Certificate

Core modules I–IV plus Western Asian identification.

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  • Bat Acoustics Academy: Core
  • Regional module: Western Asia
  • 9 months of access, extendable
Details
Certificate

Core plus both regions: Europe and Western Asia.

Not on sale yet

  • Bat Acoustics Academy: Core
  • Regional module: Europe
  • Regional module: Western Asia
  • 9 months of access, extendable
Details
Certificate

Core modules I–IV with the Global mystery set.

Not on sale yet

  • Bat Acoustics Academy: Core
  • 9 months of access, extendable
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Your instructor

Nils Bouillard

Bat acoustics specialist

Nils has worked on bat projects in 47 countries and analysed more than a million recordings. He coordinates the Red List reassessment of European bats for the IUCN Bat Specialist Group.

Coaching

Coaching on your own recordings.

Monthly coaching with Nils on your own data, as a recorded review or a live call.

About coaching

Need to train your whole team?

A programme around your projects and your recorders, invoiced to your organisation.

Discuss team training