Our upcoming events

We are starting the year with a new venue which will hopefully become our new home.  The White Post pub has great road links from all areas of the county which we hope make it a much more accessible location.

For our first meeting of the year we will be welcoming Lisa Worledge from BCT who will be speaking on '' The state of the UK's bats'.  There will also be our usual updates on all aspects of the group's work including our EchoLocation Location project.

our regular indoor meeting

We survey the purpose made bat hibernacula every January and February as part of the National Bat Monitoring Scheme.  This visit is open to members of the bat group only and numbers are limited to avoid disturbance to any bats in the tunnel.  Please contact info@nottsbatgroup to book a place.

This visit is now fully booked but we will be arranging the February visit soon.

Members only and places limited to 12. We have been given permission to survey some mature trees for bat roosts and install a dozen bat boxes at a small woodland near Southwell. There will also be the opportunity for anyone professionally trained and with all their own LOLER certified equipment to climb and inspect some trees (at their own risk), and to try out endoscopes under the supervision of licensed bat ecologists. It will be a fairly informal day - please contact Matt Cook to book a place: info@nottsbatgroup.co.uk

An early start to enable us to survey the public caves before the paying public arrive. Spaces are limited to 12 and for members only. If it's over-subscribed then priority will be given to those who haven't been before.

This event is fully booked

After a brief AGM we will look at various bat related issues and topics.  More details will be posted nearer the time.

This is a biannual event organised by The Bat Conservation Trust.   It will be a full day of talks and workshops about many aspects of bat work in our region.  Full details and booking information will be available soon.

We are helping at The Idle Valley 'Spot it, ID it' event by running a basic bat detector workshop.  It's aimed at beginners to the world of bat detecting and will cover all you need to know to use a heterodyne bat detector (The type that cost less than £100 e.g. Magenta 4 or 5).  There will be a session in the classroom before (weather permitting) we venture out onto the reserve to look for bats.

The course is free but booking via the Idle Valley Nature Reserve is essential.  To book please call 01777 713941

We are running a bat walk for the National Trust.  There will be an indoor talk about bats before we venture out into the park to find some.

Booking essential via the National Trust

Please see the projects page and contact the bat group for further information.

We will be attending the Skylarks Nature Reserve Festival on Tuesday 25th August for 2.00pm - 8.00pm so come an say hello!  Please visit www.nottinghamshirewildlife.org/nature-reserves/skylarks/ for details about the event and reserve.

There will be a bat walk around the reserve from 8.00pm.  Skylarks is a great place for bats where most of the Nottinghamshire species can be found.  Booking is essential so please contact us by email at nottsbatgroup@gmail.com.  Please include a contact phone number in case of poor weather.

We are part of the National BCT Nathusius' project and trap at various sites in the county.  Please see the Nathusius' project page and contact us (details in the project update on the project page) if you are interested.

The Nottinghamshire Bat Group will be running a bat walk at Colwick Park on Saturday 27th August at 8.15pm. We should be installing new bat boxes earlier in the day. Booking essential.  To book a place/s please email nottsbatgroup@gmail.com. It's free but the numbers are limited.

We are part of the National BCT Nathusius' project and trap at various sites in the county.  Please see the Nathusius' project page and contact us (details in the project update on the project page) if you are interested.

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September is the best month to look for bats with a detector.  Several reasons but the main one is its dark earlier!

Instead of our indoor meeting this month we would like to cover an under recorded part of the county.  We've chosen the Collingham, Besthorpe and Girton areas where  we have some records but some obvious species missing.  It's a very watery place so there should be Daubenton's on the reserve and on the river.

Depending on how many people we get we can split up into groups to cover as large an area as possible.

Please let us know if you are able to come.  We will be meeting at 7.30 at the car park off Trent Lane at SK8180 6401

We are part of the National BCT Nathusius' project and trap at various sites in the county.  Please see the Nathusius' project page and contact us (details in the project update on the project page) if you are interested.

We are part of the National BCT Nathusius' project and trap at various sites in the county.  Please see the Nathusius' project page and contact us (details in the project update on the project page) if you are interested.

We are part of the National BCT Nathusius' project and trap at various sites in the county.  Please see the Nathusius' project page and contact us (details in the project update on the project page) if you are interested.

We are part of the National BCT Nathusius' project and trap at various sites in the county.  Please see the Nathusius' project page and contact us (details in the project update on the project page) if you are interested.

Our regular indoor meeting.

There will be reports on our activities this summer include an update on the Echolocation Location, Nathusius' and Barbastelle projects.