The Gloucestershire Bat Group works to conserve and educate; we both carry out active conservation projects for bats and also undertake a range of educational projects to inform the public about these much misunderstood creatures.

We work closely with many other conservation organisations, such as Natural England, The Bat Conservation Trust, the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust and the Cotswold Water Park Society. Many of our members are also very actively involved in the National Bat Monitoring Program

Among the projects we carry out are surveys of buildings such as churches and schools to assess bat activity, householder visits under the 'batline' scheme and putting up bat boxes to increase the number of roosting sites; surveys of caves, mines and tunnels used as roosting and hibernation sites are in progess by our dedicated underground section as these are vital roosting sites for bats in the county.

Some members care for injured or orphan bats, preparing them for re-release into the wild.

We have a training team who prepare and certify bat group members as Natural England licenced roost visitors.

If you're interested in bats, and want to become more involved, please contact us.