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INDOOR MEETINGS
(a summary of past meetings appears at the bottom of this page)
Our
winter indoor meetings
are held at the National Trust’s
Dapdune
Wharf,
Wharf Road, Guildford. Wharf Road is off Woodbridge Road, between the Methodist
church and the southern side of the cricket ground. Go to the end of Wharf Road,
through the National Trust gate on the right, along a roadway over speed bumps
to the car park on the left hand side. We meet at 8:00 p.m.
in the tea-room there.
Thursday
18th March –
Behind the Bat Conservation Trust - Dr Karen Haysom, the BCT's Director of
Conservation
Karen will provide an update on the Trust's projects from a local to an
international level, including a sneak preview of its forthcoming publication
on providing bat roosts within new buildings."
BAT WALKS
There is usually a
charge for these but this does
not apply to Surrey Bat Group members
– if you have a
detector bring it along (without your headphones on this occasion) as this will
enhance the experience for everyone else.
NB – For some of these, special opening arrangements are made for
sites which normally shut by dusk. If you are late,
entrance gates may be locked.
Saturday 17th April
- Surrey Bat Group bat walk/detector practice/Nathusius' hunt at Frensham Little
Pond, weather permitting (details to be confirmed
by email so contact Lynn and Ross
by the end of March if you are not
on our mailing list.)
Saturday 8th May
– National Trust Bat Walk, Claremont Landscape Gardens (between Esher and
Cobham). Meet in the car park just inside the entrance which is on the A307,
Portsmouth Road (on the right hand side if you are driving north), TQ128632.
Start time 8.30pm. (Don’t be late or the entrance gate may be shut.) Please
contact Lynn and Ross
a week or so before if you plan to attend, as NT need to know numbers.
Public bookings direct to
NT Claremont
01372 467806
Friday 3rd September -
Haslemere Natural History Society Bat Walk, Frensham Little Pond
Start time 7:15 p.m. Details to be posted shortly.
Saturday 4th September - National
Trust Bat Walk, Claremont Landscape Gardens
(between Esher and Cobham).
Meet in the car park just inside the entrance which is on the A307, Portsmouth
Road (on the right hand side if you are driving north), TQ128632. Start time
7.30pm. (Don’t be late or the entrance gate may be shut.) Please contact Lynn and Ross
a week or so before if you plan to attend, as NT need to know numbers.
Public bookings direct to
NT Claremont
01372 467806
BAT BOX CHECKS
The group has a number of well established bat box schemes in the county and we
undertake checks of these periodically in spring and autumn. Please contact
Ross or Lynn if you would like to come along.
Details will be sent to those on our e-mail list.
SHOWS & DISPLAYS
Surrey Bat Group is often invited to take part
in events with a wildlife or conservation theme, usually in the summer. If you can help
by manning the Bat Group stand at one of these for part (or all!) of a day please
let Ross and
Lynn know.
BAT SURVEYS
The group usually undertakes a
number of bat surveys each year.
Let Lynn and Ross
know if you are interested in helping out.
HIBERNATION SITE CHECKS
During the course of the winter we carry out a programme of hibernation site checks at various venues
throughout the county. Surveys are done during December, January and February.
For conservation reasons places on these visits are extremely limited but please
let Ross and Lynn know if you are interested in
attending one.
Past Events - 2010
Thursday
18th February – “Last Chance to See.”
A final visit by Frank
Greenaway before he moves away from the southeast.
This time, Frank summarised the evolution of his spectacular bat photography
from the 1970s onwards. The quality of the photos used to illustrate the
developments in technique and technology was truly stunning!
Thursday 21st January – A Bat Holiday in Hungary.
Our friends from Bedfordshire Bat Group, Bob Cornes and Jude Hirstwood, told us about a trip they took part in and the many exciting bats they saw well.
Past Events - 2009
Thursday 17th
December - Bats at Richmond Park
Assistant Manager, Adam Curtis, told us about the bat surveys
carried out in Richmond Park this summer.
Thursday 19th
November - Crispin Scott, Nature Conservation Adviser for the National
Trust's SE Region told us about his work with NT, with particular emphasis on
bats in the Surrey NT properties.
Wednesday 27th
May - Public Bat Walk at NT Winkworth Arboretum
Another memorable
walk. Very close views of common and soprano pipistrelles feeding and
Daubenton's bats over the lake. An obliging noctule patrolled above us just
before dark, giving everyone a very good look at this large bat.
Saturday 16th May -
Public Bat Walk at NT Claremont
Landscape Gardens
An
excellent show by the two main pipistrelle species, several Nathusius'
pipistrelles and Daubenton's bats, with a few faint noctule calls detected.
Thursday 19th March - Bats of the Pantanal, Brazil,
Ross Baker.
A really fascinating account of
the various bats trapped by Ross and Lynn on their recent Earthwatch trip. Their
spectacular pictures included close-ups of each species together with some of a
number of other interesting creatures seen in the locality.
Thursday 19th February - Bats and lighting, Alison Fure,
Furesfen Ecological Consultancy.
Alison described how different bat species are affected by high light
levels, stressing the need for bat workers to convince planners,
councils, road builders etc. of the harmful nature of excessive lighting
of bat roosting, commuting and foraging areas, and particularly
waterways. Further information can be found in Alison's paper on the
subject, available free at
http://www.furesfen.co.uk/bats_and_lighting.pdf
Thursday 15th January - Bat care and rehabilitation, Amanda Millar, Sussex Bat Group.
A very instructive session for those of us
involved in bat rescue and rehabilitation, including some wonderful video of the
Sussex BG release programme 'Batzebo' in use.
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