As more information becomes available this page will be updated - including who to contact for booking, so please do not email us requesting more details
- Saturday 19 May 2007 8:30pm to 10:30pm - Bat walk in Leigh Woods
A very sucessful walk we may go back as a group and do a transect survey. - Wednesday 30 May 2007 10:30 to 16:30 Yate & District Heritage Centre "Wild and Wonderful Day"
ABG attending with the display boards, if any member could help please contact Bob West - Weekend 2/3 June Bristol Festival Of Nature at the Millenium Square.
ABG attending on Saturday 2nd June 09:00 - 17:00.
another good event with a lot of people visting our stand - Saturday 16 June 2007 8:30pm to 10:30pm - Bat walk in Leigh Woods
Second Walk in the Wood currently fully booked for members of the public but please check Mandy Leivers, Avon Downs and Gorge Education Officer on 0117 903 0609. Bat Group member who like to help, please contact David Brown. - 16/17 June 2007 11:00-17:00 Dyrham Park Bath - National Trust, Wildlife Conservation Weekend
ABT attending with the display boards, if any member could help please contact Bob West - Wed 4 July 2007 7pm BBC series "Saving Planet Earth" will include a local programme for BBC West looking at Owls, Voles, Dormice and Bats - Includes a small segment with David Brown - for all the regional opt outs see BBC
- Sat 14th July 2007 - Mendip Hills Living Landscape and National Bat Monitoring Programme bat detector workshop at Chancellor's Farm, Somerset Wildlife Trust Reserve, 6pm until late. NB this workshop is only for people who are local to the Mendips.
This workshop is aimed at people who want to improve their skills at identifying bat calls from using heterodyne bat detectors. The course is being run by Edward Wells who is one of the founder members of the Somerset Bat Group. It is for people with almost no experience of bat detectors and want to learn more and for those with more experience and want to compare notes about using heterodyne bat detectors. If you do not have a bat detector there will be some available to borrow for the evening; please say that you would like one when you book. Places are limited so please book quickly with Catharine Shellswell, Mendip Hills Living Landscape Project, Chancellor's Farm, Priddy, BA5 3DD, Tel: 01749 871248, Email: catharine.shellswell@somersetwildlfie.org - Wednesday 8th August Tyntesfield Bat Walk - ABG leader Jonathon Jutsum
Public booking with National Trust on 0870 461900. Bat group members contact David Brown - Wednesday 22 August Tyntesfield Bat Walk - ABG Leader David Brown
details as above - Thursday 6 September 2007 - Northern Slopes Initiative Bat walk/Survay
private walk - bat group members please contact David Brown - European Bat Weekend
Sunday 26 August - Nature Day at Backwell Lake in association with North Somerset Wildlife Wardens - starts at 5:30pm. Bat walk round the lake starting 8-8:30 depending on the light. Open to all. - Friday 7th September 2007 - Introduction to Bat Ecology
Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm Tutor: Tony Moulin Location: Goblin Combe Environment Centre Cost: £12.50 or £9 per child Course code: TM78/BAT/3
A basic introduction to bat ecology and behaviour. The course will include a classroom session followed by a bat walk where we will see and hear bats in Goblin Combe Woods. Tutor Tony Moulin, an Avon Bat Group member who has been carrying out local bat surveys for the past three years, will teach how to identify a variety of bats and to understand their lifestyle and habitat requirements. Following this course there will also be the opportunity to take part in the bat detective course. No prior knowledge is required.
PLEASE NOTE: Please wear footwear and clothing suitable for chilly evenings and bring a torch. Children should be accompanied by an adult (no more than 3 children per adult).
Please book on 01934 833723 or email enquiries@goblincombe.org.uk - Thurs 13th Sept 2007 - Bat Walk behind Morrison's, London Road Bat Walk in conjuction with B&NES
- Friday 14th September 2007 - Be a Bat Detective
Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm Tutor: Tony Moulin Location: Goblin Combe Environment Centre Cost: £12.50 or £9 per child Course code: TM78/BAT/4
Tutor Tony Moulin, an Avon Bat Group member who has been carrying out a local bat survey for the past three years, will demonstrate how recent technological advances enable us to appreciate much more about these mysterious and fascinating creatures. The evening will include a walk to a place known to be frequented by bats, and if the weather is favourable you will have the opportunity to use a bat detector and later analyse the echo location calls using computer software analysis. No prior knowledge is
required. These two evenings will give a fuller picture of the exciting, secret world of bats in and around our area.
PLEASE NOTE: Please wear footwear and clothing suitable for chilly evenings and bring a torch. Children should be accompanied by an adult (no more than 3 children per adult).
Please book on 01934 833723 or email enquiries@goblincombe.org.uk - Saturday 15 September 2007 Moth and Bat night on Avon Downs. ABG Leader Jonathon Jutsum
- Winter talks to local organisations - found diary and talks given at Radstock Museum and to Sevenside Smallholders at Thornbury