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.
Bat Group member Claire Andrews will be talking to the TVERC Spring Recorders Conference about her Status review of bats in Berkshire 2020. Claire's talk will be at 11:35 but there are other talks on the day which might be of interest on the Lea Farm Project (at Dinton), yellow wagtails in Oxfordshire and hedgehogs [...]
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
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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
There are more than 80 bat groups in the UK. They are made up of many dedicated volunteers and are the mainstay of bat conservation across the country, undertaking vital front-line conservation work. Find out more: https://bats.org.uk/support-bats/bat-groups
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