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The Kent Bat Group aims to work for the conservation of bats in Kent. This work varies from raising awareness of batty issues, to surveying and monitoring bat populations.
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Inspecting a chalk cave for hibernating bats

 A KBG member who holds a hibernation site licence checks a chalk cave for hibernating bats.
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  Here are some examples of what KBG members get up to!
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  • Giving talks to schools and groups
  • Manning the KBG stand at the Kent County Show and other events
  • Hibernation site surveys

  • Summer surveys and National Bat Monitoring Programme

  • Bat walks for the public

  • Look after sick and injured bats, and release them.

  • English Nature roost visitor licence holders visit concerned householders to advise on bats in buildings.
 

Recent projects include:

 
  • 'Serotine Snapshot'  survey - a pilot car survey to test a method for surveying serotine bats.
  • Contributions to the Kent Red Data Book bat chapter
  • Harp trapping swarming bats at Westerham Mines
  • Ringing serotine bats at a large roost