Our task
The Bat Ringing Centre Bonn at the Research Museum Alexander Koenig is a service facility that has been issuing bat rings since 1960, primarily to researchers in the western part of Germany, Berlin and some neighbouring European countries, documenting the resulting recoveries and making them accessible for research. Historical and current ringing data from 1932 to the present day are archived and analysed at the centre. The ring identification of the Bonn Bat Ringing Centre is MUS BONN.
Our co-operation partners
The Bonn ringing centre works closely with the bat marking centre responsible for the new federal states at the Saxon State Office for the Environment, Agriculture and Geology in Freiberg, as well as with other European ringing centres and the EUROBATS Secretariat of the United Nations (UN) in Bonn.
Research
Every ring report is important for further research into the lifestyles of bats. We would therefore be delighted if you could contribute to this research by reporting a recovery or supporting the ringing centre in some other way!
The book contains an up-to-date summary of the migratory movements of European bats:
Rainer Hutterer, Teodora Ivanova, Christine Meyer-Cords & Luisa Rodrigues (2005): Bat Migrations in Europe: A Review of Banding Data and Literature; Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt, 28: 1-176. Bonn, 2005
Dr. Jan Decher
- Head of Section Mammalogy Bat Banding Centre
Phone: +49 228 9122 262
E-Mail: j.decher@leibniz-lib.de
Further information
Found a bat with a ring?
If you have found a bat with an aluminium clip on its wing, please let us know!
Flight activity
The bat ringing method contributes significantly to research into the migratory behaviour of bats.
Researching life stories
Bats prefer small crevices and cavities in buildings or trees as roosts, but will also occupy the entire roof truss if it is available.