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We turned 40 this year!
Our March meeting in 2024 was our 40th birthday! Our inaugural meeting was held on 15th March 1984 at the White Hart pub in Duffield.
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Winter Bat Activity Survey South Derbyshire – February 2024 results
Bats were on the wing on 13 nights during February with four species/species groups recorded.
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Winter Bat Activity Survey South Derbyshire – January 2024 results
South Derbyshire experienced quite a range of weather conditions in January with hard frosts mid-month, some storms with high winds, then milder conditions with sunset temperatures up to 12.
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PostWinter Bat Activity Survey – December 2023 results
I am now in the fifth winter of my study of winter bat activity in my South Derbyshire garden.
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Bats at Haddon Hall; A Roaring Success!
We are thrilled to share the exciting success of the inaugural bat watching evening at Haddon Hall in Derbyshire! The event, which took place on a balmy summer night in...
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Moor Bats Project – 2022 Round-up
Our joint monitoring project with Moors For the Future Partnership has monitored three sites over the summer of 2022.
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Hit event at Rosliston Nightwatch
We've been giving bat talks and walks at the Rosliston Forestry Centre in South Derbyshire for the last 20 years.
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Bat biscuits & Natterer's
We were invited on 26th July 2022 to hold a bat talk and walk for the village of Clifton Campville.
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Volunteers survey Ashbourne church
On 21st July several members jumped the border into Staffordshire to help one of our local volunteer bat roost visitors undertake an emergence survey of the church at Ellastone.