Somerset Bat Group was formed in 1985 to help protect bats in the county of Somerset, UK
10am - 3.30pm Bat box checks at Westhay, Catcott SWT reserves, Shapwick Heath & Canada Farm (NE) All day event, bring packed lunch. Westhay SWT, Daggs Lane Drove ST456437/Catcott SWT ST399414 Leader: Paul Kennedy - contact to book place: 01823 652749/0781 2442631 email:chopped@btinternet.com
Meet at 2pm for 2.30pm start at SWT Offices, 34 Wellington Rd Taunton TA1 5AW Update from Nick Tomlinson on the finale of the Routes to the River Tone project and future involvement of volunteers in bat projects in Taunton. Guest speaker from Bat Conservation Trust - Olivia Morton (Helpline Officer) an update on the projects … Continue reading Next Somerset Bat Group Meeting- Sat 25/2/17, 2pm
Join Somerset Wildlife Trust and Somerset Bat Group on a guided walk across the mire on Westhay Moor SWT to watch and listen to bats with bat detectors. Short introductory talk about bats and bat detecting skills. £4 per person, children must be accompanied. Wear long sleeves, boots/wellies. Torches needed. Booking essential: http://www.somersetwildlife.org/iqs/rp.4/events.html
Brue Valley Big Bat Survey Training Workshop "Using Your Ears" Friday 15h July 2016, 7-11pm, with Ed Wells & Somerset Bat Group at Somerset Earth Science Centre. Please reply if attending ASAP to: SercRecords@somerc.com
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15th July Training Event SESC
If you do sign up for the Brue Valley Big Bat Survey at Avalon Marshes near Glastonbury, please let me know too, as I then have an idea of numbers needed for teams. Aiming to survey 10 transects so we will need teams of 3 or 4 for each transect (walk of approx. 1.5hrs). Meet at … Continue reading Volunteers needed for Brue Valley Big Bat Survey, 5th Aug 2016
1st July 2013 Lou Pickersgill died in June 2013 at the age of 64. Until her final illness Lou was Secretary of the Somerset Bat Group, a member of Dorset Bat Group and Avon Bat Group, Treasurer of the Somerset Mammal Group, Chairman of the Yeovil Area Group of the Somerset Wildlife Trust, a Voluntary … Continue reading In Memory of Lou Pickersgill
We're famous! (almost). This article on your Bechsteins work was published 28th Feb 2013 in Somerset Life magazine. https://www.somerset-life.co.uk/out-about/wildlife/aerial-acrobats-of-somerset-39-s-ancient-woods-1-1640256 Excerpt below: If you go down to the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise. No, not teddy bears, but the rare Bechstein's bat species. The Somerset Bat Group elaborates On a muggy, starless night, … Continue reading Aerial acrobats – Somerset Life article