Berks & South Bucks Bat Group
Working to conserve our local bats
Berks & South Bucks Bat Group
Working to conserve our local bats
Welcome to the home of the Berks & South Bucks Bat Group
We are a small but active group of volunteers working to help bats across Berkshire and south Buckinghamshire. To find out what we have been doing recently check out our blog.
Our main aims are:
To promote and further the conservation of bats and their habitats.
To raise awareness of bats and their conservation status.
Our key activities include:
Recording and monitoring bat populations in our area
Carrying out conservation projects such as bat box schemes, improving roost sites and developing potential sites.
Organising talks and educational events throughout the year.
Rescuing and rehabilitating grounded or injured bats.
Indoor winter talks
Upcoming events
Throughout the year we undertake a range of activities.
As we can't have our usual indoor meeting to introduce new and potential members to the bat group and its activities, thanks to Covid restrictions, we're going to hold a socially-distanced bat walk at Dinton Pastures instead on Tuesday 27 April, starting at 8pm. There'll be one leader to every 5 new/potential members and we'll [...]
Latest news
Keep up to date with the latest news.
Draw along a horseshoe bat
Our March meeting was a little different from the usual talks - a chance to draw a bat along with local artist & illustrator, Maisy Inston. We [...]
We need your help!
You can send us your records of bats by filling in our form here.
If you have found an injured or grounded bat, call the National Bat Helpline on 0345 1300 228
Follow us
If you’re interested in bats & drawing you’ll enjoy our Zoom meeting 7:30 BST this evening - learn to draw a horseshoe bat along with Maisy Inston, a local artist & illustrator. All welcome! Joining details https://tinyurl.com/nx7jyta7
Only 24h to go – Out of Hours Helpline #Crowdfunding .
Thank you to everyone who has donated and shared the our crowdfunding. We’ve raised nearly 8K and this is the final push. Please donate if you haven’t and please share widely: https://chuffed.org/project/out-of-hours-emergency-service-for-bats #Countdown