EBG Events Calendar April 2015

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Walk with Bats; Talks about Bats;
Wildlife Days Out; Conservation
Management
www.essexbatgroup.org
Chelmsford
EVENTS 2015
Soprano Pipistrelle Roost Count: Free Entry Hanningfield Reservoir Visitor Centre,
ESSEX BAT GROUP AGM
The Goodwin Room, Boreham Village Hall,
Main Road, Boreham, CM3 3JD. AGM about
15 minutes followed by a talk on Bats and
Science: Projects and Research at BCT.
Dates: 6th March (19:45)
Basildon
Langdon Hills Bat Surveys: Free Entry
Help survey Langdon Hills park. Dates to be announced. Register your interest- Pat Hatch:
Hawkswood Road, CM11 1WT Suitable for all.
Counts around 500. Start around sunset. Book
through Pete Claugton:
pete.claughton@btinternet.com. Dates: 15th
Cymbeline Meadows Bat Survey: Free Entry The Chaseway, Off Bakers Lane/Spring
Lane, CO3 4AZ—Meet in car park just past tennis courts on right. Booking essential- Sonya
Lindsell: 07770814282
Dates and Times:
22nd
16th
July
(20:45),
September
(18:45)
April, 29th April, 13th May, 27th May,
Grays
10th June, 24th June, 8th July, 22nd July
Chalk Quarries Bat Surveys: Free Entry
(book through Essex Wildlife Trust), 5th Au-
Chafford Gorges Nature Park, Drake Road,
gust, 19th August, 2nd September, 16th
Grays, RM16 6RG Members only. Monthly sur-
September, 30th September.
veys (10.00-15.00) to see if bats use hiberna-
Colchester
tion tunnels in summer. Contact Ella Barnett if
you are interested: ellabarnett06@gmail.com.
pathatch@live.co.uk
Colchester Castle Park Bat Walks: Chil-
Brentwood
dren and EBG Members Free; Adults £4
Harlow
Entry High Street, Colchester, CO1 1TJ Meet
Harlow Town Parks Conservation Action!:
at Park Café Not suitable for children under 5.
Free Entry Suitable for all. Help site and sur-
Learn more about bats and experience them in
vey bat boxes, carry out site assessments to
the wild. Times around sunset. Booking essen-
advise on conservation management and help
tial: 01206 282920 Dates: 1st August, 29th
with public events. Contact Pat Hatch with your
August, 12th September
interest and skills: pathatch@live.co.uk.
Hythe Lagoons Bat Survey: Free Entry
Southend
Weald Bat Survey Project: Free Entry
Weald Country Park, South Weald, CM14 5QS
Learn about bats and surveying. Suitable for
all. Start around sunset, confirmed nearer the
time.
Book
through
Graham
Hart:
the-
hart@btinternet.com Dates: 8th April, 22nd
April, 13th May, 17th June, 22 July, 26th
August, 9th September, 23rd September,
7th October
End of Haven Road, Haven Quay Entrance,
CO2 8HT Learn more about the bats of Hythe
Lagoon. Booking essential. Call Sonya Lindsell:
WEST ESSEX
07770814282
Lee Valley Park Conservation Action!: Free
(21:00), 2nd September (19:30)
Entry Not suitable for children or those with limited mobility. Help with batbox surveys and/or
Nathusius Pipistrelle trapping. Contact Pat Hatch
to
register
your
interest
and
skills:
pa-
thatch@live.co.uk. Dates for battbox surveys:
7th/8th March Dates for trapping TBC.
Dates and Times: 10th June
Bat Surveys Priory Park: Free Entry Suitable for all. Dates in: June, July and August. Contact Ella Barnett if you are interested: ellabarnett06@gmail.com.
NEW MEMBERS EVENING—Thursday 30th April, 19:30
Join us even if you aren’t that new! Learn about bat ecology, biology and
ID. There may be a bat walk, weather permitting. You can also find out
how to get more involved with the group, if you want to.
Weald Country Park, South Weald, Brentwood, CM14 5QS