We arrived in Budapest late afternoon to be met by our Slovakian guides Peto and Martin for our bat ecotour. The trip got off to an inauspicious start as we struggled to get out of the airport car park, but after a particularly robust gear change by Martin we shot off into the grey suburbs of Budapest...

Based on the Agreement on the Conservation of Populations of European Bats (EUROBATS) it is not only important to secure conservation of bats but also to monitor the state of bat populations regularly and on long term basis. A resolution on performance of such a monitoring is being prepared currently ...

SON members as well as the people interested in joining in met in the almost spring mood during the weekend in a SZOPK lodge in Moldava nad Bodvou. The keystone of the meeting was the future of the organization ...