The Derbyshire Bat Conservation Group is a registered charity (registration number 1139339) working in partnership with the Bat Conservation Trust and in close contact with the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust. We are a voluntary organisation and this year in 2024 we are celebrating the group's 40th birthday!
The Derbyshire Bat Conservation Group is a registered charity (registration number 1139339) working in partnership with the Bat Conservation Trust and in close contact with the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust. We are a voluntary organisation and this year in 2024 we are celebrating the group's 40th birthday!
As set out in our constitution, the group aims to advance the protection and conservation of bats, their roosts, feeding areas, hibernacula and surrounding environment in Derbyshire and to educate the public and the group’s members in all matters related to bats.
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Joining the group not only helps to protect Derbyshire’s bats. All members receive a copy of our annual report TRAGUS and regular newsletters. We hold monthly indoor meetings and regular field events open to all members. Our current subscription rate is £7.50 per household per year.
Membership is open to everyone. No experience is necessary. Our members are a varied bunch, from keen amateur naturalists, professional ecologists, to people who just like bats and want to know more about these fascinating creatures.
The group maintains the county bat records database. It currently holds nearly 17,000 individual records including details of over 1100 roost sites. The earliest record we have dates back to 1954, a noctule bat seen in Ashbourne by the renowned Derbyshire naturalist Kathleen Hollick, but the majority have been added since the formation of the group in 1984.
If you are looking for detailed information about a specific area or site, please send a request for a data search to our recorder using our Data Request page. DBCG welcomes records from commercial surveys undertaken in Derbyshire, in order to improve our understanding of distribution and help us protect bats and their habitats.
Find out what’s new in the world of Derbyshire’s bats and what we have been doing recently to conserve our twelve known species.
Upcoming public bat events in Derbyshire are listed here with booking links where applicable.
If you would like to make a single donation towards conserving the bats of Derbyshire, you can donate any amount you wish using the donate button below. You will be taken to our PayPal page where you can make a donation using a credit or debit card.
