Bat Conservation Ireland are looking to recruit new volunteers to help with their BATLAS programme Training events will take place at locations across Northern Ireland over the coming months For more information click here Or contact: [email protected]
Annual General Meeting
The Northern Ireland Bat Group AGM will take place on Sunday 23 April, 2017 in Cultra Manor at The Ulster Folk & Transport Museum, Holywood, Co Down @ 2pm Guest speakers will cover: • Bat monitoring in Northern Ireland during 2017 • Bats and Trees, followed by guided walk around the grounds Other activities include: […]
Bats a Fact Schools Workshops
Thanks to funding from the DAERA Challenge Fund, we are able to bring our popular workshop into 22 primary schools across Northern Ireland. We kicked off with a slide show all about bats around the world, why they are important, bats in Northern Ireland and what to do if you find a bat. Pupils took […]
Challenge Fund Success
We are delighted to announce that we have received £6,698 from the NIEA Challenge Fund and DAERA for ‘The Northern Ireland Bat Project.’ We will create an education resouce for schools, purchase monitoring equipment and deliver batty education workshops in primary schools across Northern Ireland. Our education resource will be free to download from our […]
Merry Christmas
We would like to wish all our members, volunteers, funders and partner organisations a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Thanks for all your support throughout 2016
Bat awareness training in councils
Our volunteers have been busy raising bat awareness to council staff across Northern Ireland, thanks to funding from Heritage Lottery Fund. Planners, building control and grounds maintenance are just some of the staff that have taken part in the workshop.
Donna Donna Donna Donna Batwoman!
In May this year, our Treasurer of ten years stepped down but has said her bat volunteering days are far from over! Donna Allen is another well known name in bat conservation, she has been a member of the bat group for 17 years and it’s not going to end just yet. We put some […]
BATLAS 2020 – Training courses
BATLAS 2020 is a Bat Conservation Ireland project mapping the distribution of bat species. It is funded by Dept. of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. We need you to survey your local area this summer! Join us for a free training session to learn how to survey for five bat species. There are two training course organised in Northern […]
Batwoman Robin and her crusade to help Northern Ireland’s bats
Robin Moffitt is a well-known name in Bat Conservation, having received an MBE for her dedication to these amazing mammals. After 28 years as a member of the Northern Ireland Bat Group with a long stint as Chair of the group’s committee, Robin has decided to stand down. She has helped train a new […]
Help us avoid a CATastrophe this year
*Warning Graphic Image below* AN URGENT APPEAL TO CAT OWNERS It’s that time of year again when volunteers from the Northern Ireland Bat Group receive calls about grounded and injured bats. A recent incident has prompted the group to appeal to cat owners across Northern Ireland, as a lot of bat injuries have one thing […]
