{"id":6509,"date":"2012-09-17T09:25:36","date_gmt":"2012-09-17T09:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=6509"},"modified":"2012-09-17T09:25:36","modified_gmt":"2012-09-17T09:25:36","slug":"daniel-hargreaves-wins-pete-guest-award-at-national-bat-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=6509","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Hargreaves wins Pete Guest Award at National Bat conference."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Pete Guest Award\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bats.org.uk\/data\/images\/Pete_Guest_Award.jpg\" alt=\"Pete Guest Award Trophy\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;This\u00a0award is given in memory of Pete Guest who was an inspirational figure in the bat conservation movement for more than 20 years.\u00a0 Each year, the bat world is invited to nominate individuals who have made an outstanding practical contribution to bat conservation.<\/p>\n<p>The criteria for the award includes: dedication, innovation,\u00a0 enthusiasm and inspiration in making a difference, both to bats and to people, helping make BCT&#8217;s vision become a reality.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bat Conservation Trust website<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Daniel is a great friend of the Bedfordshire Bat Group. (and many other bat groups) You will find many of his splendid photos on this website and he has been unfailingly generous with his time since we got to know him. Some of us have been lucky enough to travel with him to see bats. All of us wish we had ten percent of his\u00a0 energy He has also been great at building informal links between many bat workers in this country and abroad.<\/p>\n<p>Being awarded the Pete Guest Award was a very popular choice (It is voted for by bat people) and his acceptance speech was typically modest, and could leave no one in any doubt that this award was richly deserved.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6510\" style=\"width: 331px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Daniel-and-Heidi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6510\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6510\" title=\"Daniel and Heidi\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Daniel-and-Heidi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"321\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Daniel-and-Heidi.jpg 321w, https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Daniel-and-Heidi-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6510\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel and his fiancee Heidi<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;This\u00a0award is given in memory of Pete Guest who was an inspirational figure in the bat conservation movement for more than 20 years.\u00a0 Each year, the bat world is invited to nominate individuals who have made an outstanding practical contribution &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=6509\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6509"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6512,"href":"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6509\/revisions\/6512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bedsbatgroup.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}