Rochdale Canal Festival Bat Walk21st August 2012 8.00 pm | Venue: Meet at the Newton Heath Library Car Park on Old Church Street, Newton Heath Manchester M40 2JF SD881005Bat walk along theRochdale Canalin support of the festivalContact: Steve Parker at enquiry@slbg.org.uk or 0161 7648850 |
Bats In The Valley23rd August 2012 8.00 pm | Venue: Bulls Head Brandlesholme Road, Geenmount Bury BL8 4DS SD77781433 A wonderful night time walk through the Kirklees Valley to seek out our resident bats. Find out all about them on a fascinating evening with South Lancashire Bat Group.Contact at Clare Sefton enquiry@slbg.org.uk or 0161 7648850 for further details |
Eatock Lodge Bat Walk24th August 2012 8.00 pm | Venue: Eatock Lodge, The Hoskers, Westhoughton Bolton BL5 2SQ SD649047A bat walk around a relatively new site.Contact at Sue Lonsdale enquiry@slbg.org.uk or 0161 7648850 for further details |
European Bat Night Walk for Year of the Bat25th August 2012 8.00 pm | Venue:YarrowCountry Park,Birkacre RoadChorley SD570152 This years’ annual bat talk and walk. But more exciting!Contact at enquiry@slbg.org.uk or 0161 7648850 for further details |
European Bat Night Walk for Year of the Bat25th August 2012 7.30 pm | Venue: Platt Fields Park, Mabfield Road, Manchester M14 6LP. SJ855942A great chance to see loads of Noctules amongst other species feeding.Contact at Simon Holden enquiry@slbg.org.uk or 0161 7648850 for further details. |
Bats & Bangers European Bat Night Walk for Year of the Bat25th August 2012 6 pm | Venue: Seven Acres 499-511 Bury Road Bolton BL2 6DH SD737094A great chance to see loads bats nd eat some BBQ food for European Bat night, on this LWT night.Contact at Sue Lonsdale enquiry@slbg.org.uk or 0161 7648850 for further details. |
Bat Walk – Phillips Park Cemetery30th August 2012 19.45 | Venue: Meet at Phillips Park Cemetery, Bradford, Manchester M40 2XG SD86839946A Bat walk for the local residents and Friend of group, following on from the survey earlier in the year.Contact Steve Parker at enquiry@slbg.org.uk or 0161 7648850 |
Bat Survey – Darcy Lever Gravel Pits1st September 2012 8 pm | Venue: Moses Gate, Hall Lane, Bolton BL4 7QS SD742068A bat talk and walk with GPAG.Contact Mike Fisher enquiry@slbg.org.uk or 0161 7648850 for further details |
Bat Survey – Sunnybank Vale1st September 2012 19.30 | Venue: Entrance opposite Springfield Road, just up from the Pig On The Wall pub, Greenside Lane, Droylsden Manchester M43 7RA.SJ897989Contact at Simon Holden enquiry@slbg.org.uk or 0161 7648850 for further details. |
Monthly Bat Group Meeting4th September 2012 7.30 pm | Venue: The Brown Cow, Burrs, Woodhill Road, Bury BL8 1DA. All welcome.SD798127Contact: Brian Robinson at enquiry@slbg.org.uk or 0161 7648850 |
Bat Walk – Blackburn 6th September 2012 7.30 pm | Venue:CorporationPark Blackburn Off Preston New RoadBlackburn SD676285A bat talk and walk for the residents ofBlackburn, last year some interesting Daubenton’s Bat behaviour was observed.Contact Steve Parker enquiry@slbg.org.uk or 0161 7648850 for further details |
Bat Walk at Winton Park Eccles7th September 2012 19.00 hrs | Venue:WintonPark, Dover Street Eccles,Manchester M30 8LW SJ756989 A wonderful bat talk and walk.Contact Baptiste Chadeyron at enquiry@slbg.org.uk or 0161 7648850 for further details |
Bat Walk Bolton7th September 2012 7.30 pm | Venue: Longsight Park, Longsight Lane, Bolton BL2 4JX SD737117 A LWT bat walk through the park.Contact at Sue Lonsdale enquiry@slbg.org.uk or 0161 7648850 for further details |
Bat Survey – Clifton Country Park 8th September 2012 19.00 hrs | Venue : Clifton Country Park, Clifton House Road, Clifton Manchester M27 6NGA bat survey in a country park we’ve been meaning to look at for a number of years. This is an important wildlife site, so let’s see how important it is for our local bats!Contact: John Harrison-Bryant at enquiry@slbg.org.uk or 0161 7648850 |
Bats In The Valley8th September 2012 7.30 pm | Venue: Bulls Head Brandlesholme Road, Geenmount Bury BL8 4DS SD77781433 A wonderful night time walk through the Kirklees Valley to seek out our resident bats. Find out all about them on a fascinating evening with South Lancashire Bat Group.Contact at Martin Prescott enquiry@slbg.org.uk or 0161 7648850 for further details |
Bioblitz show Clifton Country Park 9th September 2012 11.00 hrs – 15.00 hrs | Venue : Clifton Country Park, Clifton House Road, Clifton Manchester M27 6NGAn open day at a new site, we’ve not been here before and now twice in two days! This will give us an opportunity to tell loads of the local people about what we found on the previous nights survey and hopefully raise some funds!Contact: John Harrison-Bryant at enquiry@slbg.org.uk or 0161 7648850 |
Bat Walk – Moses Gate14th September 2012 7.00 pm | Venue: Moses Gate, Hall Lane, Bolton BL4 7QS SD742068A bat talk and walk with LWT at a popular bat site.Contact Sue Lonsdale enquiry@slbg.org.uk or 0161 7648850 for further details |
BCT Annual Conference14th – 16th September 2012 | Venue: York UniversityThe Annual get together goes back to a popular venue. Great talks and great laugh guaranteedwww.bats.org.uk for further details |
Bat Walk – Summerseat Nature Reserve14th September 2012 7.00 pm | Venue: Summerseat Nature Reserve Miller Street Summerseat Bury BL9 5QB SD793146A bat talk and walk with LWT at the Nature reserve.Contact Sue Lonsdale enquiry@slbg.org.uk or 0161 7648850 for further details |
Bat Walk – Daisy Nook22nd September 2012 18.45 hrs | Venue: Daisy Nook Visitor Centre, off Stannybrook Road, Oldham OL7 9JS SD920005A bat talk and walk at this popular country park.Contact: Martin Prescott enquiry@slbg.org.uk or 0161 7648850 for further details |
Go Wild in Hollins23rd September 2012 11 am – 5 pm | Venue: Hollins Community Centre,Hollins Lane, Bury SD 814080The annual Community show. Volunteers always needed to run our stall and talk about bats!Contact: Paul Robinson at enquiry@slbg.org.uk or 0161 7648850 |
Monthly Bat Group Meeting2nd October 2012 7.30 pm | Venue: The Brown Cow, Burrs, Woodhill Road, Bury BL8 1DA. All welcome.SD798127Contact: Brian Robinson at enquiry@slbg.org.uk or 0161 7648850 |
Halloween Festival Bat Talk25th October 2012 6.30 pm | Venue : Whitefield Library, Pinfold Lane, Whitefield, Manchester M45 7NY SD80540565A Batty talk by Steve Parker. |
Halloween Festival Open Day Show28th October 2012 11 am – 4 pm | Venue : Hamilton Park, Hamilton Road, Whitefield, Manchester M45 6QW SD80530596Visit or stall and buy some batty itemsContact Steve Parker at enquiry@slbg.org.uk or 0161 7648850 |
Halloween Festival Bat Talk30th October 2012 7.00 pm | Venue : Whitefield Library, Pinfold Lane, Whitefield, Manchester M45 7NY SD80540565A Batty talk by ClareSefton |
Monthly Bat Group Meeting6th November 2012 7.30 pm | Venue: The Brown Cow, Burrs, Woodhill Road, Bury BL8 1DA. All welcome.SD798127Contact: Brian Robinson at enquiry@slbg.org.uk or 0161 7648850 |
Monthly Bat Group Meeting4th December 2012 7.30 pm | Venue: The Brown Cow, Burrs, Woodhill Road, Bury BL8 1DA. All welcome.SD798127Contact: Brian Robinson at enquiry@slbg.org.uk or 0161 7648850 |
15th July
Baby season is here – over the last few days our Bat Rooost Volunteers have returned many babies back to their roosts like these in the picture, taken today…
15th July – Our newly discovered Daubenton’s roost had around 12 bats in when we visited – some of them were clearly juveniles, although there were less adults than the last count, it was still great to see that they have successfully bred.
19th June – Wigan Flashes Survey tonight, back tracking the noctules…
31st May
We have the results back for the DNA analysis from the droppings collected on the recent canoe survey, and we have found a new Daubenton’s roost. A few of us will have a look this weekend to see how many we have – watch the Facebook group for details…
Also
Last night we took 10 members to North Wales to help with the Lesser Horsehoe counts and had some great displays – some roosts had over 400 bats in residence! A very pleasant evening.
Events this extended weekend… Bat Detector Workshop 2nd June, Meeting 5th June, Greenmout Show 5th June, Burrs Survey 5th June… see you there
7th May, 2012
Great show at the opening of the Woolfold Gap Bridge yesterday, we got on the radio see http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/