Avon Bat Group
  • There are 17 Species of UK Bats

  • Bats will fly through out the year but February is the month you are least likely to see a bat

  • Bat watchers also get to see Owls, Badgers, Foxes and Otters

  • Horseshoe Bats are more closely related to Fruit Bats than Vesper Bats

  • ALL Bats and their roosts are protected by UK and European law

  • The biggest "roost" is of straw colored fruit bats, that assemble in numbers of 5 to 10 million in Kasanka National Park, Central Zambia from October to January - during which time it is estimates they eat 262,000 tonnes of fruit and distribute a lot of seeds!