News :: Derbyshire Bat Group

Winter Wanderings

Date: 08 Jan 2020 Author: Derbyshire Bat Group

All UK bats hibernate through the winter – it’s one of the first things we learn when getting interested in bats.

Cave Activity

Date: 03 Jan 2020 Author: Derbyshire Bat Group

One of the caves we undertake winter hibernation surveys at for the National Bat Monitoring Programme near Wetton Mill in the Manifold Valley has had no bats spotted in it...

A Huge Thank You

Date: 02 Jan 2020 Author: Derbyshire Bat Group

We would just like to say a huge thank you to members of the general public who have recently donated to Derbyshire Bat Group using the link on our website.

Wildlife Crime Case Update

Date: 03 Dec 2019 Author: Derbyshire Bat Group

The case against two individuals regarding damage/destroy of a resting place of a wild animal (common pipistrelle bats) at Slack Farm, Ashover in Derbyshire was to be heard on 19...

Hilton Gravel Pit Nature Reserve Bat Box Scheme

Date: 12 Nov 2019 Author: Derbyshire Bat Group

We have had a bat box scheme at Hilton since 1991.

Moor Bats - Halloween Update

Date: 31 Oct 2019 Author: Derbyshire Bat Group

Results from the eighth and final deployment of the Anabat recorder on the Peak District moors for this season have now been processed.

More Staffordshire Swarming

Date: 29 Sept 2019 Author: Derbyshire Bat Group

As part of the Group’s ongoing underground sites project, we once again teamed up with Staffordshire Bat Group on 27th September as the project includes the Staffordshire areas of the...

Swarming in Staffordshire

Date: 24 Sept 2019 Author: Derbyshire Bat Group

As part of the Group’s ongoing underground sites project, we teamed up with Staffordshire Bat Group on 20th September as the project includes the Staffordshire areas of the Peak District.