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.
Box checks and tree roost hunting with James Shipman. All welcome but please email batmanshipman at gmail.com if interested! Meet either at McDonald’s Newbury retail park 9:30am or Bowdown bomb site car park at 10am. Bring warm clothes, humour and lunch (and an endoscope, if you have one)! What 3 words for car park entrance [...]
For new members, old members, potential members, anyone who wants to find out more about what the group gets up to, and how to get involved, whether that’s with surveys, box checks, bat care, leading bat walks or just learning more about bats. There will also be a short committee meeting immediately beforehand, starting at [...]
Latest news
Keep up to date with the latest news.
Nathusius’ pipistrelle project 2022
by Claire Andrews 1st draft, more photos to follow After writing off the Nathusius’ pipistrelle trapping project for another year, this time frustratingly not because of Covid [...]
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
