We cover the former Avon County Council area, which now is called "West of England" and includes Bristol City Council, Bath and North East Somerset Council, North Somerset Council and South Gloucestershire Council. Our focus is on bats and their conservation, we are privileged to live in an area where there are at least 15 of the 17 species of UK Bats.
The Avon Bat Group (ABG) is affiliated with The Bat Conservation Trust and represents one of over 100 regional interest groups located throughout the UK
All members and committee are volunteers, we have no paid officers or staff, everything is done because people want to. The fact that were are able to help with as many bat walks, appeared at shows, given bat talks to interested people etc etc as we did in 2007 is a tribute to our members.
Committee 2008 are:-
Emma Stone - chair
David Westgate - accounts
Rob Bacon - Newsletter
Bob & Marlene West - bat care and co-ordination, bat records and stall
Richard Snelgrove and Mike Williams - events
Dan Merrett - training
Jim Mullholland/Laura Plenty - bat box check co-ordinators
Jon Gadsden -NBMP Surveys and Membership
David Brown -Walks, Talks and Web stuff
If you would like to come on a bat walk - please see the Calendar. If you would like an illustrated talk on British bats. Please email us. P.S. We don't travel well, so Avon area only please! unless it is somewhere really exotic and you are prepared to pay
For more information about Bats - please see the Links to Bat Information page, there is a lot of information on the web
The webmaster is David Brown, if any member has suggestions for improving the website, please email me or fill in a feed back form. Oh - what a tangle web we weave when first we practice! The strap picture is the National Trust property - Tyntesfield, Wraxall ©Gill Brown 2006