Bedfordshire Bat Group

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Enormous excitement in the British bat world as a new species of bat is identified. We are unlikely to find it in Beds as we have few Brandt's/whiskered , but we will keep our eyes open.More

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The Big Lottery Fund distributes half of the National Lottery Fund's good cause funding across the UK..The fund is committed to bringing real improvements to communities and the lives of people in need

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Things are going to be fast moving and we have a number of events in the pipeline. Keep up to date by visiting The Luton Bat Project's facebook page


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We've also set up a facebook page for the Bedfordshire Bat Group.

The Bedfordshire Bat Group Facebook page


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We've been busy making bat boxes.See photos from Warden Hilll and Barton Cubs

If you know of a group in Luton which would like to build boxes, contact us

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Priory Park Rangers held their first of three Bat and Boats eventys at Kempston More

 



Old News

Welcome to the Bedfordshire Bat Grologoup

 

 

The Bedfordshire Bat Group was formed in 1988 and is affiliated to the Bedfordshire Natural History Society and the national organisation, The Bat Conservation Trust. The bat group works for bat conservation within Bedfordshire and Luton;carries out surveys of bats and maintains a database of bat records; works with people to provide information and raise awareness of bat conservation; and, when necessary, carries out bat care and rehabilitation.

 

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The Bedfordshire Bat Group is launching a major new bat project in Luton for 2010 This is being funded mainly through a Big Lottery Fund Grant

Click here for more information

Download a leaflet about the project here.

If you would like to get involved, please contact us.

Things are fast moving and we have a number of events in the pipeline. Keep up to date by visiting The Luton Bat Project's facebook page

See just how far we have got so far by clicking here

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Great excitement in the bat group as a noctule in care4 produced a male pup. More ( Photo (c) Simon Pidgeon)

Follow their adventures on their own blog written by their caretakers

wardwon museum The bat group has an exhibition at Wardown Museum this Summer

 

 

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If you need immediate help with a bat query, please contact the Bat Conservation Trust's 24 hour National Bat Helpline on 0845 1300 228 or try their website at www.bats.org.uk.

They can pass queries on to us

 

 

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We're always on the look out for new members. There are lots of ways to get involved. You don't need to have specialised knowledge to join us on one of our projects or follow our activities from your chair..

Contact Us

If you e mail us, if possible leave us a contact number, and tell us where you are writing from, so we can get back to you quicker

 

Records

To report bat sightings click here

 

Data Requests

 

The bat group holds over twenty years of bat records.

If you are a consultant PLEASE note

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If you are experiencing any problems with this site or discover any broken links, please report them to us at batsinbeds@fsmail.net

This page was last updated JUly 2010 (c) Bedfordshire Bat Group 2009