Events, Activities & Volunteering opportunities
Kent Bat Group hold and support a variety of events throughout the year. Come and join one of our events to learn more about bats or the group itself.
Kent Bat Group hold summer bat walks and activities as well as indoor winter meetings and talks. We also regularly attend other shows, conferences and other local and national events, Training Courses and Conferences.
Bat Conservation Trust also run events and training, check out their website for details. https://www.bats.org.uk/events
Volunteers needed for LWS and churchyard summer surveys
We are looking for volunteers to assist with some Local Wildlife Sites and churchyard surveys for 2025.
We are currently updating the documents for 2025. Once we have done this you will be able to sign-up to take part via a form that will be accessible from here, watch this space!
Helping bats from home
Bat Conservation Trust will be recruiting volunteers to man the Helpline from 28th February to 31st March. If you're interested in helping bats and working from home, this could be for you.
Full training is given by BCT. More information can be found on their website, which will be updated on 28th February. https://www.bats.org.uk/support-bats/volunteer/helpline
Understanding the Principles and Techniques of Recording Bats
Martyn Cooke, a bat acoustic expert and representative for SonoBat, will be providing valuable advice on how to improve your recording techniques for better quality recordings when surveying for bats.
This will be presented via Zoom and a link will be sent to members nearer the time.
Our meetings/Zooms are usually on a Thursday, but this one will be on a Wednesday.
South East of England Bat Conference
This is a Bat Conservation Trust orgainsed event and will be held at Surrey University in Guildford.
The South East of England Bat Conference is an opportunity for volunteer and professional bat workers in the South East to spend time together updating their knowledge, sharing best practice, developing their skills and catching up on the latest 'bat chat'. The day will include a mixture of short and long talks on projects or sharing new knowledge and a choice of practical workshops. There will also be latest news from bat groups and plenty of time for catching up with batty friends or making some new batty acquaintances.
This one-day event is open to everyone, with the programme being created from input from the South East of England and the Channel Islands. The area covered is: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Greater London, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey, Sussex and the Channel Islands.
Tickets are on sale now. https://www.bats.org.uk/events/south-east-of-england-bat-conference
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Kent Bat Group
Kent Bat Group is a registered charity
(No. 1079767) and a partner group to
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