Events, Activities & Volunteering opportunities

Hazel Ryan, a Trustee of the Kent Bat Group, Volunteer Bat Roost Visitor and bat carer will be giving our first in-person talk of the year.

Come along and find out about the four species of Pipistrelle that have been recorded in Kent. Where they roost in summer and winter, how to identify them and what the group is doing to help their conservation.

Under IUCN guidelines Hazel will bring along some education bats for attendees to see.

Free for members but donations towards the running costs are appreciated. Suggested donation £3. Cash welcome on the night. 

Photo Common pipistrelle © Hugh Clark

The Bat Conservation Trust has a range of different online training courses, webinars, talks and modules available, ideal for doing in your own time. 

See here for those currently available. 

These sessions are now fully booked. If you've already signed up we'll be in touch in the next few weeks.

If you missed the chance to sign up you can still fill in the form, but spaces may only become available if we have any cancellations.

If you’d like to brush up your endoscope skills by getting some practise and experience in their use, then this field day could be for you. It may be of particular interest to those of you working towards a licence.

Level 2, WML-CL18 licence holders will be leading an inspection of the trees at Doddington Place, which has many old, dead and dying trees with PRF.

We have two potential dates in mind, the 8th and/or 22nd March. The actual date will be determined by the level of interest and date preference. Please complete the form and we’ll be in touch in due course.

The form will be live to register your interest until the end of February, unless places are filled before then.

One of the big old trees at Doddington Place.

In celebration of International Bat Appreciation Day we are hosting a virtual screening of the award winning documentary film about bat conservation and women in science, The Invisible Mammal. 

It follows an all-woman team of biologists who set out to save bats from a deadly fungal disease. When the COVID-19 pandemic interrupts their work, they are sent down a path of discovery that illuminates the connections between bat conservation and the spread of infectious disease.

Members will receive an email with a link to register for the screening in due course. No special software is required to view the film and you can watch it on your PC or tablet.

 Click to see the trailer.