John Townsend

To some, they're eerie.

To local bat biologist John Townsend, they're a marvel of nature.

I've been fascinated by bats since I was a young child, says Townsend, a familiar face in our local conservation scene.

He's taken on many roles in Chautauqua County and the surrounding areas, serving on the board of Greystone Nature Preserve for over a decade, acting as the president of the Northeast Bat Working Group, co-owning the Royal Fern Nursery LLC, and volunteering as the executive director of Buffalo Bat

Let's catch up with our next guest here on the program today, award-winning journalist John Townsend has been kind enough to take some time.

Hello, Townie.

G'day, Matt.

Well, Robert Franklin, who has been public speaking, which was kicked off by speaking at the Monday Club, He's being interviewed now on Roundabout, Dawlish and Tynmouth Talking Newspaper.

And the person interviewing him is John Townsend.

And he was asking Robert, first of all, about one of his many holidays to that part of Devon.

Well, welcome to the Riviera, and welcome to Dawlish, Robert.

To some, they're eerie.

To local bat biologist John Townsend, they're a marvel of nature.

I've been fascinated by bats since I was a young child, says Townsend, a familiar face in our local conservation scene.

He's taken on many roles in Chautauqua County and the surrounding areas, serving on the board of Greystone Nature Preserve for over a decade, acting as the president of the Northeast Bat Working Group, co-owning the Royal Fern Nursery, LLC, and volunteering as the executive director of Buffalo Bat Habitat, Inc., He also works full-time as a bat biologist with the consulting firm Environmental Design and Research.

Yeah.

A breaking and a massive story in the waffle today from John Townsend.

Six-time Bernie Naylor medalist Tyler Keitel is moving from West Perth to Swan Districts for 2027.

Now, would I be right in saying this would be Tyler's third...

And, uh, we look forward to his upcoming fight, which we'll discuss later in the show.

Uh, John Townsend's gonna stop by today after 4:00, after the news.

We'll catch up with Townie.

We'll talk The Cricket.

So maybe they're just picking purely, uh, as a bat, but like we've discussed long time, there's, there's not a whole heap of batsmen really putting their hand up at the moment.

No, there's not.

Uh, and uh, we'll talk more about that with John Townsend later in the show.

Some good racing over east, Regan.