Berks & South Bucks Bat Group
Working to conserve our local bats
Berks & South Bucks Bat Group
Working to conserve our local bats
Welcome to the home of the Berks & South Bucks Bat Group
We are a small but active group of volunteers working to help bats across Berkshire and south Buckinghamshire. To find out what we have been doing recently check out our blog.
Our main aims are:
To promote and further the conservation of bats and their habitats.
To raise awareness of bats and their conservation status.
Our key activities include:
Recording and monitoring bat populations in our area
Carrying out conservation projects such as bat box schemes, improving roost sites and developing potential sites.
Organising talks and educational events throughout the year.
Rescuing and rehabilitating grounded or injured bats.
Indoor winter talks
Upcoming events
Throughout the year we undertake a range of activities.
Martha Gallardo Galaviz from Kings College London is joining us to talk about her PhD research on how Soprano pipistrelles (Pipistrellus pygmaeus) navigate London's complex network of parks, rivers, roads, and lights and what this can tell us about urban nature. Using 13 months of acoustic monitoring across 15 London parks, this talk explores soprano pipistrelle [...]
All are welcome to attend the bat group AGM which will be followed by a talk/discussion on finding bat roosts, in houses, office blocks, churches, trees & hibernation sites, why this is important for bat conservation & opportunities for getting involved in monitoring them. The AGM agenda will be circulated to members beforehand and all [...]
Latest news
Keep up to date with the latest news.
First experiences of bat box checking
Bat box checks : first impressions As a follow-on from Claire’s recent blog post about the bat group’s monitoring at Clayfield copse, near Reading, two volunteers new [...]
We need your help!
You can send us your records of bats by filling in our form here.
If you have found an injured or grounded bat, call the National Bat Helpline on 0345 1300 228
