Events, Activities & Volunteering opportunities

We are looking for volunteers to assist with some Local Wildlife Sites and churchyard surveys for 2025.

Full details can be found by logging-in to your KBG account and selecting My Downloads>KBG Volunteers documents.

Please note you will need to be a member and have completed the volunteers questionnaire in order to take part. If you have already completed the form, thank you, we will be in touch. The form will be updated in the new membership year starting 1st April 2025, currently it is not possible to sign up.

https://www.kentbatgroup.org.uk/volunteering

An opportunity has arisen for members seeking experience to gain a bat survey licence, to take part in some hibernation surveys this winter. The location is in Dover. These are weekday surveys and there are limited spaces.

Please ensure that your membership is up-to-date before you complete this form to regsiter your interest. Hibernation survey form.

ALL PLACES HAVE BEEN FILLED. YOU CAN STILL COMPLETE THE FORM, BUT YOU WILL ONLY BE CONTACTED IF A VACANCY BECOMES AVAILABLE.

Ash Wildlife Friendly Village are holding their annual Wildlife Conference on 15th February 2025 and the topic is Badgers and Bats.

The itinerary is as follows:

An opportunity has arisen for members seeking experience to gain a bat survey licence, to take part in some hibernation surveys this winter. The location is in Dover. These are weekday surveys and there are limited spaces.

Please ensure that your membership is up-to-date before you complete this form to regsiter your interest. Hibernation survey form.

ALL PLACES HAVE BEEN FILLED. YOU CAN STILL COMPLETE THE FORM, BUT YOU WILL ONLY BE CONTACTED IF A VACANCY BECOMES AVAILABLE.

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.

This is a Bat Conservation Trust orgainsed event.

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.

The venue and costs are yet to be confirmed.