Events, Activities & Volunteering opportunities

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. 

Join the Bat Conservation Trust for this FREE event to learn how making a few simple changes to your garden could make a big difference to local wildlife. It doesn't matter how small or big your garden is, there are things we can do to help make life easier for wildlife. No previous experience needed, just an interest in the natural world around you.

Book your place here.

Would you like to learn how to identify bats and take part in surveys for the National Bat Monitoring Programme (NBMP)?

If so this Bat Conservation Trust training is for you. 

It will give you an introduction to using a tuneable heterodyne bat detector and fundamental species identification skills, and enable you to participate in a UK-wide survey as part of the National Bat Monitoring Programme (NBMP).

The focus is on the NBMP Waterway Survey, how to separate big bats and small bats, and on identification of pipistrelles and Daubenton's bat. This workshop is the perfect next step if you have attended the NBMP Beginner Level "Discover Your Local Bats" workshop.

This workshop will be run online via Zoom and led by Phillip Briggs, Monitoring Manager for the NBMP. It is an interactive workshop featuring videos, activities and quizzes, and there will be an opportunity to ask questions.

You can book your place here.

This Bat Conservation Trust training is a follow-on to the previous NBMP Level 1 Workshop, but is also standalone training for those with more experience.

If you are looking to develop your bat identification skills and are interested in understanding bat sounds, this workshop is for you. It will enable you to take part in surveys for the National Bat Monitoring Programme (NBMP).

The workshop will equip you with species identification skills using a heterodyne bat detector in the field. The focus is on pipistrelles, noctule, serotine and Daubenton's bat as these illustrate a range of different bat sounds. The workshop will cover heterodyne detectors, training your "sonic memory", and breaking bat sounds down into four elements: repetition rate, rhythm, tonal quality, and pitch. You will learn how and why these elements vary between different species, and how to find the "peak frequency" using a heterodyne detector.

The training will include an overview of the National Bat Monitoring Programme (NBMP), and you will learn how to take part in the NBMP Field Survey.

This workshop will be run online via Zoom and led by Lisa Worledge, Director of Conservation at the Bat Conservation Trust. This is an interactive workshop featuring videos, activities and quizzes, and there will be an opportunity to ask questions.

This training is being run by the Bat Conservation Trust and you can book your place here.

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The Tonbridge and Malling Leisure Trust have laid on some bat walks for the local residents and invited the bat group to lead.  

N.B. This event is not organised by the bat group, please contact the T & M Leisure Trust if you have any questions about tickets.

SOLD OUT

The Tonbridge and Malling Leisure Trust have laid on some bat walks for the local residents and invited the bat group to lead.  

N.B. This event is not organised by the bat group, please contact the T & M Leisure Trust if you have any questions about tickets.