Looking out for bats in Kent (UK) since 1983. Our aims are the protection and conservation of bats and important bat sites, and generally sharing our β€οΈ of π¦π¦
Kent, UK
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Our next talk "Revival of the Fortunes of Serotine" will be given by Chairman Dr. John Puckett and will be presented via Zoom on 16 Jan at 7.30pm
The link will be sent out to members nearer the time.
Not a member? Join online today:
kentbatgroup.org.uk/membershβ¦
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Our next talk "Revival of the Fortunes of Serotine in Kent" is being given by our Chairman Dr. John Puckett, and will be presented via Zoom on the 16 Jan.
For more information on this talk and other events for 2025 please check out our website: kentbatgroup.org.uk/events
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It's the #ChristmasChallenge BIG GIVE Campaign Week! Help raise Β£5,000!
From 3-10 December 2024 every donation received on @_BCT_ Big Give campaign page will be doubled.
Donations must be received via the Big Give website: donate.biggive.org/campaign/β¦
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Ash Wildlife Friendly Village are holding their annual Wildlife Conference on 15th February 2025, and the topic is Badgers and Bats, a full itinerary and details on how to book are on our website: kentbatgroup.org.uk/events
image by @MamblyBrookman
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Find out more about these bat stats from Daisy Jowers at tomorrow's AGM and first indoor bat meeting of the year - for more information, please see our website: kentbatgroup.org.uk/events#1β¦
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Many thanks to the @KentWildlife for inviting us to an open garden event at langdongarden.com/ a couple of weekends ago. It was really well attended with 190 visitors and we had lovely chats with many people. Children especially enjoyed colouring and making flying bats!
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ONE WEEK until Making Space for Nature's Priority Species Workshop! If you haven't booked your ticket yet, now is the time to do it, as spaces are limited!
makingspacefornaturekent.orgβ¦
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Our AGM will be followed by a talk presented by Daisy Jowers from University College London on Thurs 3 Oct 7.30pm at Lenham Community Centre. Non members welcome - suggested donation of Β£3 - refreshments will be provided - see online for more info: kentbatgroup.org.uk/events
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The Great Stour Riverfest will be returning for its second year! Join us from 14th - 22nd September to celebrate this great asset that graces the City of Canterbury. All tickets are available online here: eventbrite.com/cc/great-stouβ¦
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@BZIllustrations and Sean Hanna of the KBG will be running a Bat Craft Day with @favershamtc on the 10th August
Sessions will take place hourly from 10:30, 11:30 and 12:30 and booking is essential: eventbrite.co.uk/.../bat-craβ¦... or via email to rob.gibbs@favershamtowncouncil.gov.uk
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This lovely Whiskered bat was rescued over the weekend at Port Lympne Wildlife Park, and after a little tlc was successfully released last night.
Our bat carers are exceedingly busy at the moment, please contact @_BCT_ helpline if you find a bat
kentbatgroup.org.uk/help-iveβ¦
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Volunteers from the Kent Bat Group joined moth enthusiasts, in a joint bat survey and moth trapping evening at a local Church.
Stars of the bat survey included Serotine, Noctule and Common pipistrelles, one of which joined us for a forage inside the church during a coffee break!
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The #RestoreNatureNow march was well attended today and hopefully our voices will be heard. Biggles the @_BCT_ bat, complete with flying insect food was fab to see. There were so many people from different organisations, but we were all together speaking up for nature
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Do you have a bat roost in your neighbourhood, or do you regularly see bats flying and feeding? Every record is valuable, so do submit details of any bats you see in Kent via our website: kentbatgroup.org.uk/recordinβ¦
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It's International Bat Appreciation Day, and we'd like to thank all the amazing volunteers, especially all the dedicated bat carers and bat ambulance drivers within our network π¦β€οΈπ¦
#InternationalBatAppreciationDay
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Help, I've found a bat!
The injured bat calls are beginning to come in, and any bat found out during the daytime or on the ground needs help.
If you've found a bat please follow this link on what to do:
kentbatgroup.org.uk/help-iveβ¦
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Thank you Martin for sending us this wonderful photo of a #Daubenton's bat out foraging during the day. What is interesting is that the bat has a wing injury that doesn't appear to be affecting his flight in the slightest! And we can clearly see what sex it is!
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Our first talk of the year 18 Jan 7.30pm 'Cohabitation of maternity colonies of noctule and Daubenton's bats' will be given by Dr. Morgan Hughes.
This talk will be on Zoom. Opted in members of the Kent Bat Group will be emailed the link before the event.
kentbatgroup.org.uk/events/aβ¦
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This is a wonderful exhibition, and with it being #batweek and #batfest imminently, if you are in Faversham, why not drop in and see if you can find the 3 bats hiding in one of the drawings! On till the 5th November
Tour of current #ArtExhibition JOINT SHOW #OpenNow (Tue 24th Oct - Sun 5th Nov, Upper Gallery) featuring highly immersive #Paintings + #Pastels + #Prints + #Sculptures by #LocalArtists > Helen Neaves + Hugh Aldridge < #JointShow #Landscapes #Seascapes #FigurativeArt #PreviewVideo
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Huge thanks to Hazel Ryan for her excellent and informative talk last night, and how special to be able to see some of her education bats too and put our id skills to the test!
Our next meeting is on the 7 Dec via Zoom, details in our Newsletter or online:
kentbatgroup.org.uk/whats-onβ¦
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Do you have a roost in your house? maybe you've seen bats out foraging at dusk? If you are in Kent, do let us know, as we are always updating our records of roosts and bat sightings kentbatgroup.org.uk/contact-β¦
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This fantastic video of KBG Bat Care Co-ordinator Hazel Ryan handling a Common pipistrelle pup, was filmed by @SallyAnn_Spence and is so informative as to what to do if you find a bat and how important our insect population is to the survival of our wonderful bats @_BCT_
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The July Newsletter should now have been posted through your letterboxes or arrived in your inbox! Some great articles on Hibernation Sites, bat population trends & more.
If you would like to receive a copy all you need to do is join the Kent Bat Group kentbatgroup.org.uk/join-us/
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Any bat found out during the daytime or on the ground usually needs help. You can follow the simple instructions on what to do on our website: kentbatgroup.org.uk/bat-rescβ¦
Then phone the National Bat Helpline on 0345 1300 228 to find the nearest bat carer
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Kent Bat Group member, bat carer extraordinaire, and our Bat Care Coordinator Hazel, successfully releasing a Nathusius pipistrelle, you can hear the echolocation calls as it whizzes off into the night π¦π¦π¦
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If you would like to support our local bat carers, we have set up an Amazon Wish List where you can purchase some of the equipment our carers need. Every donation is much appreciated and will help directly with bat care or research projects. Thankyou! amzn.to/3N7epJt
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Show your support for bat conservation in Kent by joining the Kent Bat Group. We welcome members from all around the county and beyond, find out more about the bats flying over your garden or become actively involved by helping out at events and surveys.
kentbatgroup.org.uk/join-us/
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At 19:30 Thursday 24th Nov we will be in person at Lenham Community Centre, where @sussexbatgroup's Scotty Dodd will beam-in live with all the latest developments on their Greater Horseshoe Bat Project. Plus a harp trap demo! #bats #conservation @_BCT_ @BCT_NBMP
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Tomorrow night it's our (IN PERSON!) AGM at Lenham Community Centre, followed by an excellent talk from the one and only @kentdowns6 on his work with #Farmers to improve important #bat habitat across #Kent. Join us at 19:30. More details here: kentbatgroup.org.uk/whats-onβ¦
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We rescued a very thin brown long-eared #bat (πππ¦π€π°π΅πΆπ΄ π’πΆπ³πͺπ΅πΆπ΄) that decided to visit a gym! Fortunately, we managed to get him from 5.5 g up to 7.9 g and he became proper feisty, chomping the tissue-paper in his temporary home before release - always a good sign!
ALT A rescued male brown long-eared bat (πππ¦π€π°π΅πΆπ΄ π’πΆπ³πͺπ΅πΆπ΄) just before release
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Kent Bat Group cares for #bats pretty-much all-year round. Here is a Leisler's #bat (ππΊπ€π΅π’ππΆπ΄ ππ¦πͺπ΄ππ¦π³πͺ) that was found trapped in a school. We got her back up to strength and fit to fly just recently.
ALT A female Liesler's bat (ππΊπ€π΅π’ππΆπ΄ ππ¦πͺπ΄ππ¦π³πͺ).
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(2/4) ...in addition to a heat-mat to keep chilly #bat pups nice and warm while we keep them fed and watered before returning to their roost, or for a later release...
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Want to know more about Kent Bat Group? Check out our website kentbatgroup.org.uk Like to help our work? Head over to our Amazon Wish List tinyurl.com/3whcej8b and/or use Amazon Smile smile.amazon.co.uk/?ref_=smi⦠when you buy stuff, and choose to support Kent Bat Group!
ALT A brown long-eared bat (BLE) ππππππ‘π’π ππ’πππ‘π’π saying "hello". Photo by Sean Hanna.
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Here's another shot of our two lively soprano pipistrelle pups, one female, one male. They're charging about like no-one's business!
ALT Male and female soprano pipistrelle bat pus
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Here are two more bat pups (soprano pipistrelle) that we've been hand-rearing (unfortunatley we were unable to access their roost to return them to their respective mums). They're pretty lively so getting a good shot one-handed is tough!
ALT Two baby bats (soprano pipestrelle)
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As promised @AmazonUK! Some more bat pup shots! We've been looking after female soprano pipistrelle that was found caught on a fishing hook in a tree by a lake. She gave birth to a pup while hanging there! In the photo you can see the pup suckling (mum's head is to the right).
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Want to know more about Kent Bat Group? Check out our website kentbatgroup.org.uk/ Like to help our work? Head over to our Amazon Wish List tinyurl.com/3whcej8b and/or use Amazom Smile smile.amazon.co.uk/?ref_=smi⦠when you buy stuff and choose to support Kent Bat Group!
ALT Brown long-eared bat saying hello! Photo by Sean Hanna.
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Did you know that we feed rescued bat pups on puppy milk? Well you do now! You can help us this pup season by checking out our Amazon Wish List tinyurl.com/3whcej8b
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This baby soprano pipistrelle was separated from its mum, and we're now caring for bats in similar circumstances. Would you like to help our bat-care specialists? Well, you can through our Amazon Wish List: tinyurl.com/3whcej8b
Following from @_BCT_ 's tweet, Kent Bat's are also facing challenges. We're caring for bat pups that have become seperated from their mothers and are in need of powdered puppy milk - can you help? See our Amazon Wish List: tinyurl.com/3whcej8b
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