On this week’s episode we speak to the man who has seen more bats in one year than anyone else, world record holder Nils Bouillard! In 2019 Nils set out to record as many bats in one year as possible, a Big Year as it’s called in the world of birding. Although these Big Years have been done many times in the world of birding, no one had ever done it for bats. Needless to say Nils was very successful during his Big Bat Year, identifying 400 species during his trip! Nils spoke to us about his Big Bat Year, the motivation behind it and gave us some insight into the challenging world of bat acoustics. Finally, Nils gave us a good teaser for what’s in his new book, Big Bat Year: A Conservation Story, by sharing some of the interesting stories that happened to him during his global trip!