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Kent Bat Group home |
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Click here, or on Contact Us on the left side of any page. |
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Bats are declining, due mainly to the loss of roosts and feeding areas, and the increased use of pesticides. Kent is probably under greater pressure for change to the environment than anywhere else in Britain. |
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The Kent Bat Group has been working to help protect Kent's bat since 1983. Thirteen of Britain's 16 resident bat species have been recorded since then. This includes a number of records of Nathusius's pipistrelle, which has only recently been recognised as a breeding species in the UK. In addition a vagrant, the greater mouse-eared bat, was found in 1985. |
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The Kent Bat Group is proactive in promoting awareness of bats, to the general public and to specialist groups likely to come across bats in their work. The Group is also involved in biodiversity initiatives both locally and as a lead partner in the Kent County Council Biodiversity Action Plan for the serotine bat. Please browse our website and find out more about bats in Kent. |
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Site updated 10th May 2008 |
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