Millpond Surveys start, every night for about a week! 1st August 2025 8.00 pm		Venue: Watch your emails for details of the meeting point for the start of the 2025 survey   Contact: Steve Parker, Clare Sefton, Paul Robinson enquiry@slbg.org.uk or 0161 7648850
Waterway Survey – NBMP 10th August 2025 9.15 pm		Venue: Ramsbottom, Bury, details will be emailed nearer the time.   Booking essential – reply to the email Contact: Steve Parker enquiry@slbg.org.uk or 0161 7648850
Waterway Survey – NBMP 20th August 2025  – 9.00 pm		Venue: Ramsbottom, Bury, details will be emailed nearer the time.   Booking essential – reply to the email Contact: Steve Parker enquiry@slbg.org.uk or 0161 7648850
Bat Walk   Date: Friday 29th August 2025 Time: 7.30 pm start		Venue: Springfield Park, Rochdale   Description: an SLBG and NightWatch supported event run by Active Travel Rochdale. We will walk around the park using bat detectors to identify bat species present, and chat about bats . A fantastic family event.   Free but limited numbers – places must be booked via the link – Bat Walk
Monthly Trustee Meeting 3rd September 2025 8.00 pm		Venue: Venue: Online – Zoom Meeting   Trustees Only   Contact: Brian Robinson at enquiry@slbg.org.uk or 0161 7648850
Bat Walk   Friday 5th September 19:45 – 21:45 approx		Venue: Bold Venture Park, Belgrave Road, Darwen. W3W – sample.sums.loves   Come and join the Friends of Bold Venture Park on a Bat Walk with the South Lancs Bat Group.   Meet outside the main gates on Belgrave Road Bring a torch All children must be accompanied by an adult.   Contact:  Rachel  –  07432719952
National BCT Bat Conference 5th – 7th September, 2025.		Venue: Hybrid event at (University of Durham) or online at Your House, virtually. Your choice. But its better in person.   The National BCT Bat Conference returns. Loads of talks/presentations, posters and workshops, with a Bat Walk on the   www.bats.org.uk for further details
Bat Walk   Date Wednesday 10th September 2025 7.30-9pm		Venue: Hall Street Green, Cheadle   Bat walk organised by the Friends of Hall Street Green and supported by South Lancs Bat Group. We will use bat detectors to discover which species of bats are present on the Green   For details on how to join, please get in touch with Friends of Hall Street Green       Contact:  Baptiste Chadeyron, via enquiry@slbg.org.uk
Bat Walk   Wednesday 17th September Time: 7.15 pm		Venue: Greenmount Old School, Greenmount Bury   Private Event – Tottington District Civic Society Description: A bat walk along the lines to Island Lodge & back. supported by South Lancashire Bat Group. We will walk along the lines using bat detectors to identify bat species.   Contact: Clare Sefton/Steve Parker enquiry@slbg.org.uk
Bat Walk   Date Friday 19th September 2025, 7pm		Venue: Kindling Farm, Tarbock Green Private event Bat walk organised for the members of Kindling Farm and supported by South Lancs Bat Group.       Contact:  Baptiste Chadeyron, via enquiry@slbg.org.uk
Bat Walk   Tuesday 23rd September 2025 Time: 7pm start		Venue: Vincent Park, Godley, Hyde   Private event for Friends of Vincent Park   Description: an opportunity for the Friends of Vincent Park community group to find out more about the bats living in their greenspace. We will walk around the park using bat detectors to identify bat species present, and chat about bats.   Contact: Sarah Whiteley enquiry@slbg.org.uk
Bat Box Check, Tatton Park 29th September 2025 12.00 pm		Venue: Tatton Park. Meeting place tbc   Bat box checks at the wonderful Tatton Park   Booking Essential   Contact: Steve Parker at enquiry@slbg.org.uk or 0161 7648850
Cheese Night, Tatton Park 29th September, 2025 6.00 pm		Venue: Tatton Park. Meeting place tbc   The annual event to mark the end of survey season.   Booking Essential. Contact: Steve Parker at enquiry@slbg.org.uk or 0161 7648850
Monthly Trustee  Meeting 1st October 2025 8.00 pm		Venue: Venue: Online – Zoom Meeting   Trustees Only   Contact: Brian Robinson at enquiry@slbg.org.uk or 0161 7648850
Bat Box Check, Haigh Country Park / Duxbury Woods 19th October 2025 9.30 am		Venue: Haigh CP Hall Lane Wigan Yarrow Bridge Pub Bolton Rd (A6)   Meet at Haigh at 9.30 am, after checking these boxes we’ll move onto Duxbury, finishing with a drink in the pub to warm us up!   Booking Essential   Contact: Steve Parker at enquiry@slbg.org.uk or 0161 7648850
Monthly Trustee Meeting 3rd December 2025 8.00 pm		Venue: Venue: Online – Zoom Meeting   Trustees Only   Contact: Brian Robinson at enquiry@slbg.org.uk or 0161 7648850
Christmas Do Saturday Tbc 7.15 pm till late		Venue: Details sent to bat group members – Restaurant in central Manchester
Hibernation Survey TBC – January 2026 9.30 am till sunset		Venue: Around South Lancashire – details will be sent to invited parties.
Wales Hibernation Survey 17th – 18th January 2026 9.30 am till sunset		Venue: Wales – details will be sent to invited parties.
Bat Group AGM & Bat Talk Tuesday 3rd February 2026 7.30 pm		Venue: TBC.     Contact: Brian Robinson at enquiry@slbg.org.uk or 0161 7648850
Hibernation Survey TBC – February 2025 9.30 am till sunset		Venue: Around South Lancashire – details will be sent to invited parties.
Wales Hibernation Survey 28th February – 1st  March 2026 9.30 am till sunset		Venue: Wales – details will be sent to invited parties.

South Lancashire Bat Group is covered under a Public Liability Insurance policy, but no Personal Liability is covered. Anyone taking part in bat group events, including bat box checks, bat walks and hibernation site checks, does so at their own risk, and must be member of the group. South Lancashire Bat Group recommends the wearing of gloves and an up to date rabies vaccination when regularly handling bats (speak to a Trustee for more guidance on when this is needed), which should be carried out in accordance with the current guidance from the Bat Conservation Trust.

Throughout the winter, various Hibernation surveys will be arranged, however these are by invite only.

Training workshops are available to members of the South Lancashire Bat Group as they are intended for group members to expand their knowledge and provide better understanding of bats and increase skills to benefit bat conservation through the work of the group. The workshops are not suitable for those specifically seeking licence training for consultancy, but will be useful for all.

Anyone wanting to attend any SLBG event in order to obtain experience and then subsequent signing of any log-book, must notify the event leader only, prior to the event(s), as SLBG has a policy in place for this.

Trapping surveys will be arranged for the group, by email to all members. At the time of writing these surveys include the National Nathusius Pipistrelle Project and the Small Myotis Project. Places can be requested but may be limited due to the nature of the survey type. Where place cancellations cannot be filled, this may lead to reduced invites to future surveys.

For SLBG members who want to book events, please note we now have a policy for this in line with our insurance and safeguarding arrangements. The policy can be seen in both the Members page, and Governance pages of the website.