The best ways to find out more about bats are to:
See the Bat Conservation Trust's training page
Living Land 9th May 2012 County Showground, Detling
Kent Wildlife Trust Family Fete 1st July 2012 Reculver
Kent County Show 13th, 14th and 15th July 2012 County Showground, Detling
RSPB Anniversary Weekend 26th and 27th August 2012 Sandwich Bay
National Bat Conference, York 15th & 16th September. Book on www.bats.org.uk
South East England Bat Conference. 24th November. Venue tbc.
Please book for these events, using the details given with each walk below, to find out the start times.
MAY
Saturday 19th. Kings Wood, Challock. For Friends of Kings Wood.
Book on 07523 203457 enquiries@friendsofkingswoodporg
Wednesday 23rd Meet in the Toddlers Cove Car Park, Whitehall Rd, Canterbury, CT2 8BG.
Access via Linden Grove, a narrow road off St Dunstan’s Street, near the Westgate
Booking essential: Tel 01233 813307 (Mob 07740 185224) e-mail kentishstour@kent.gov.uk
JUNE
Friday, 1st. Ightham Mote For National Trust
Times vary. Confirmation will be made when booking.
Adult £3, Child £1.50 01732 810378 ext 100, ighthammote@nationaltrust.org.uk
JULY
Friday 6th West Blean Woods For Kent Wildlife Trust. A crepuscular event looking for bats and nightjars.
Book with John Wilson on 07808 568 821 or 01227 719506.
Friday, 20th Ightham Mote For National Trust.
Times vary. Confirmation will be made when booking. Adult £3, Child £1.50
01732 810378 ext 100, ighthammote@nationaltrust.org.uk
Saturday, 21st. Western Heights, Dover. For White Cliffs Countryside Partnership,
Talk by Shirley Thompson at Clarenden & Westbury Community Hall, Belgrave Road, Dover, CT14 9RA followed by a bat walk.
Adult £4, Child £2 Book on 01304 241 806 or 07880 706990.
AUGUST
Thursday 2nd Dunorlan Country Park Booking Essential
01580 212972 or on line at www.khwp.org.uk
Meet Hall's Hole Road Car Park
On behalf of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in conjunction with the Friends of Dunorlan Park
Wednesday 8th. Brockhill Country Park for KCC.
Book on 08458 247 600. £5.00 per person
Tuesday 9th. Dunorlan Country Park (Booking essential, details as Thurs 2nd)
Friday, 31st. Ightham Mote. For National Trust.
Times vary. Confirmation will be made when booking.
Adult £3, Child £1.50 01732 810378 ext 100 ighthammote@nationaltrust.org.uk
Friday, 31st. Kelsey Park Beckenham Bat Walk.
Meet at park entrance on Manor Way next to post box (TQ375689).
No dogs please. Booking essential on 01689 862815.
SEPTEMBER
Friday 7th. For BTCV. Meet 7.15pm. Toddlers Cove, Whitehall Road, Canterbury CT2 8BG
Winter Indoor Meetings 2012 – 2013
7.30pm at Lenham Community Centre, Groom Way, Lenham, ME17 2QT (details)
Lenham Community Centre is easy to find, with lots of parking and good wheelchair access:
Indoor meetings are usually the third Thursday of September (with a brief AGM), November, January and March.
Members and friends are very welcome at our indoor meetings. If you are not yet a member and want to find out more about us an indoor meeting is a very good place to start.
A small entrance fee will be levied to help with the running costs of the meetings. Members and friends are very welcome at the meetings.
Thursday 27th September 2012: 'Bats in Churches: An objective assessment of a perceived problem'
James Hales from University College London, will be talking about his ongoing research related to the use of historic church buildings by bats in the U.K.
Thursday 22nd November 2012: 'Training bat researchers in Asia and using DNA to solve taxonomic problems.'
Dr Nikki Thomas (Harrison Institute) and Dr Debbie Bartlett (Greenwich University) will report back on a training workshop on echolocation held in India.