The Kent Bat Group has been working to help protect the county's bats and learn more about them since 1983. Sixteen of Britain's 18 resident bat species have since been recorded in Kent.
One of the three cryptic small myotis species, few Brandt's bats have been found in Kent. The third cryptic myotis, Alcathoe was only discovered in the UK in 2010 and the ecology of all three species is currently being researched. A juvenile male Brandt’s has been recorded in Sheerness, Isle of Sheppey, so breeding has been confirmed though no maternity roosts are known.
Any bat found out during the daytime or on the ground usually needs help.
Do you have a roost in your neighbourhood, or regularly see bats flying and feeding?
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Kent Bat Group is a registered charity
(No. 1079767) and a partner group to
The Bat Conservation Trust (BCT)
