The Norfolk Bat Group is a voluntaray wildlife conservation group focussing on the conservation of wild bats within the English county of Norfolk. The Norfolk group were first formed in 1961 and were the first of the present day ninety county based bat groups in the UK.

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Norfolk Bat Group News

News 2009

East of England Bat Conference

Saturday 30th January 2010,Ickworth House, nr Bury St Edmunds.
Click here for the booking form and here for the details.

Arthur Rivett and Nick Gibbons checked out the Two Mile Bottom bat hibernation tunnel on 9th January 2009 and found three species of bat hibernating:

This tunnel as built in 2004 and although it has had 1 - 3 Brown Long-eared hibernating there each winter since - proper colonisation had not happened - until yesterday! (or thereabouts, doubtless as a result of the chilly weather).

STANTA MoD chalk caves

BatA(West entrance section)B(West chalk section)C(North-west tunnel)D(North east tunnel)E(Kiln)F(South)Totals
Natterers6000107
Brown l-eared0010001
Daubenton214804037
Brants1000001
Barbastelle0000101
Totals284906047

2006 News
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Paston Barn update - 02/03
Paston Barn update - 09/00

Anglia TV filming "About Anglia" film on making Bat Boxes in Thetford Forest - 20/10/99

Barbastelle update - 14/7/99
Latest Barbastelle find - 22/06/99

Albino bat found
Albino Natterer Found at Thetford
Original Item 27/7/98
Barbastelle bats breeding in Norfolk
Barbastelle bats breeding roost found in Norfolk.
Original Item 21/7/98
Update 27/7/98
Update 29/7/98
Vandalism at the roost site 1/8/98
jpgs from the Barbastelle roost 10/8/98
Radio Tracking the Barbastelles 25/8/98
Numbers dwindle at the roost 28/8/98
Barbastelle report 13/1/99
Barbastelle report August 99

Nathusius's Pipistrelle
Have we discovered Nathusius's Pipistrelle in Norfolk?
Original Item 21/7/98
News page update October 20th 1999. Thetford Forest