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North Notts Bat Group & Notts Bat
Rescue Events 2008
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Saturday
January 19th
9.30am |
Members only
There is to be a
hibernation survey at Creswell Craggs on Saturday
19th January 2008, meeting in the visitors car park
for 0930 at the latest. Strong
footwear is advised and if you don't have a 'hard
hat' one can be provided. No high power
torches/lamps please! Anyone wishing to attend and
doesn't know the way please contact Richard Fox.
Bat box checks at Clumber Park
are being arranged.
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Friday 1st February
7.30pm |
North Notts Bat Group Meeting
White Post, Farnsfield |
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Thursday
February 7th |
Watch Group 3 .15pm (Private
booking)
Notts Wildlife
Redlands School
Jo Walker & Margaret Mantaj |
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Saturday 9th February
10.30am |
Hibernation bat box check at
Clumber . Meet in the Estate Office Car Park .
Any 'first timers' who don't know where to find it,
contact Richard Fox but it is well sign posted!
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Saturday 1st March
10.30am |
Bat Box check Clumber Park
meet Estate Office Car Park.
For the benefit of those who
don't know how to get there, enter the Park and if
not already on it, aim for Lime Tree Avenue and the
main cross roads with the multi directional sign
post and take the road towards the main visitor
centre/shop etc. if challenged at the pay booth,
state you are attending the bat box check with
Gareth Jones (one of the Rangers) and then take the
second left just before the cricket ground and the
sign post states Estate Office. Follow this road, do
not bear right at the junction, but keep straight on
for a further 75 metres or so and you will see the
car park entrance on the right. If you reach a set
of barriers, you have gone about 40 metres too far!
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Saturday
12th April 10.30am |
Bat box check at Clumber Park .
Meet at the Estate Office Car park for
1030hrs. Ice House Plantation is the target .
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Wednesday
16th April |
(Private booking) for an Outreach
School from Leicestershire. Talk and walk at Edwinstowe Youth Centre.
Jo Walker and Margaret Mantaj |
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Thursday 1st May |
(Private booking) Edwinstowe Youth
Hostel |
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Sylvia Ellis, Margaret Mantaj and
Brenda Scott |
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Thursday 8th May |
(Private booking) Kiveton Scouts Bat
Talk 7.30 - 9pm |
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Sylvia Ellis and Margaret Mantaj |
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Saturday 17th May
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Evening Bat walk and talk
Sherwood Forest Country Park
Join the North Notts Bat Group for a fascinating insight
into the world of these nocturnal creatures. After an
introductory slide presentation and talk we will be going
out into the forest to look for bats in action! Adults, £3,
children £1.50.
Pre-booking essential by
calling 01623 823202.
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Cancelled |
Retford Cemetery Bat Walk |
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Friday
13th June |
North Notts Bat Group Meeting White
Post Farnsfield 7.30pm |
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Monday 16th June
4pm - 8pm |
The North and South Notts Bat Group
will be attending a different kind
of "Batting"
@ the Twenty20
Cup at Trent Bridge
We will be in an outer car park area
along with other
"Wildlife related"
stallholders
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Thursday
17th July |
Firbeck Womens
Institute (Private booking)
7.30pm Firbeck Village Hall
Jo Walker & Margaret Mantaj |
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Tuesday
19th August |
Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust
(Private booking) at
Langold Country Park
Bat Walk |
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Friday, Saturday & Sunday
12th -14th September |
National Bat Conference Reading
No Bookings |
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Friday 19th September |
We will be attending the
"GOING BATTY" BAT WALK
at RENISHAW HALL |
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An evening walk
around the Italianate Gardens of Renishaw Hall looking for
and learning about this mysterious creature.
Bat walks are great fun, and by far
the best way to get closer to bats. Normally humans cannot
hear bats as they echolocate to find their way around in the
dark – bats make high-frequency sounds and bounce them off
their surroundings, listening to the echoes to build up a
sound picture. By using a little gadget called a bat
detector, bat walk participants will be able to tune in and
eavesdrop on the secret world of bats!
Walk commences at
6.30pm and is concluded with a hot drink in the Rex Whistler
Meeting Room. Adults £5.00, Children £3.00. Booking
essential
Telephone 01246 432
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The Events Office,
Renishaw Hall, Renishaw, Sheffield S21 3WB
info2@renishaw-hall.co.uk
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Friday 26th September |
We will be at this
event too
'GOING BATTY' BAT
WALK with Pie and Pea Supper
at RENISHAW
HALL
If you missed the
first one here's a second chance to "Go Batty" with
the added attraction of a (delicious, speaking from
experience!) Pie and Pea Supper. The walk will be as above,
around the Italianate Gardens.
Walk commences at 6.30pm and
is concluded with a Pie & Peas supper in the Gallery Cafe.
Adults £10.50 Children £8.50. Booking essential as above. |
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North and South Notts Group
Events 2007
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Wednesday 10th January 3.15 start
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Watch Group
Notts Wildlife Redlands School
Jo Walker & Margaret Mantaj |
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Saturday
Feb 17th Creswell Craggs Hibernation Survey |
10 am start Meet at Creswell Craggs Visitor
Centre Group Members Only |
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Sunday
Feb 25th Langold |
9.45am start Putting up bat
boxes Langold Country Park |
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Tuesday 17th April |
Bat Survey. Birch Wood, Ranskill
7.15pm Main Entrance
Location: Birch Wood lies east of Ranskill, Nottinghamshire. The
main entrance to the site is off the Mattersey Road (just after
the railway bridge as you leave Ranskill). This can only be
accessed by foot as there are no parking facilities |
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Sunday 22nd April |
Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre 10am - 4pm |
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Monday 23rd April |
Grove School , New Balderton |
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Friday 27th April |
North Notts Bat Group A G M
White Post , Farnsfield 7.30pm |
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Saturday 28th April |
Natural England , Bakewell
Bat Volunteer Workers Training Day |
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Sunday 20th May |
Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre 10am - 4 pm |
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Monday 21st May |
Langold Dyscarr Community School 10am
Private booking |
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Friday 25th , Saturday 26th & Sunday
27th May |
Residential Bat Volunteer Workers Training
Clumber Park |
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Friday 1st June |
The White Post ,Farnsfield
North Notts Bat Group Meeting 7.15pm
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Tuesday 5th June |
Sherwood Forest Youth Hostel
Private booking
Ashby Willesley School
School Trip |
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Thursday 7th June |
Sherwood Forest Youth Hostel
Private booking
Leicester School Trip |
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Tuesday 12th June |
Sherwood Forest Youth Hostel
Private booking
Ashby Willesley School School
Trip |
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Saturday 16th June |
SureStart Centre Langold Nr Worksop
10am - 12md |
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Sunday
17th June |
Envirofest, Rufford Country Park,
Nottinghamshire |
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Saturday 30th June |
Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre Bat Talk
and Walk Sherwood Forest Country Park, Edwinstowe
Learn more about these fascinating nocturnal mammals from
experts with the
North Notts Bat Group. After a slide show, head out into the
forest to see
what species can be found - booking essential.
01623 823202
Admission : £2.50 adults, £1 children
Please book with Sherwood Visitor
Centre |
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Sunday 1st July |
Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre
Sadly due to unforeseen circumstances the
bat group will be unable to attend but the rest of the
Wildlife weekend will continue.
Wildlife Weekend 10am - 4pm |
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Thursday 12th July |
Sherwood Forest Youth Hostel
Private booking
Ashby Willesley School School
Trip |
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Saturday & Sunday 21st & 22nd July |
A
Wildlife weekend; two days of wildlife displays, walks and
activities for all ages at the Conservation Centre, Clumber Park
10.30.-.5pm
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Saturday 11th August |
North Notts Bat Group BBQ Clumber Park |
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Friday 31st August - Sunday 2nd September |
National Bat Conference York
To book http://www.bats.org.uk/documents/Finalconferenceprogramme.pdf |
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Saturday 1st September |
Bats
and Moths of Clumber Park. Find out about bats with the North
Notts Bat Group, then return for a moth trapping session with
lepidopterist Robert Woods.
6.30pm
Adult members £3.00,
Contact 01909 476592
clumberpark@nationaltrust.org.uk
Please bring torches with you. Meet at the Conservation Centre.
Booking essential |
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Wednesday 12th September |
Everton School Retford
Private Booking |
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Saturday 15thSeptember |
Bat Walk around Retford Cemetery
Meet at the Babworth Entrance 7.30
Booking essential contact Hazel Davison on 01909 533487 |
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Friday 21st September
6.30pm
Friday 28th September
6.30pm |
We
will be attending the Bat Walk at Renishaw
Hall Booking essential via
Renishaw Hall 01246 432 310
Renishaw Hall again this time including a
Pie and Pea supper. Excellent site for bats not to be missed.
Contact Renishaw Hall as above. |
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North
& South Notts
Bat Group Events 2006
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Date
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Event
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January 11th |
Watch Group
Notts Wildlife Redlands School
Jo Walker & Margaret Mantaj |
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April 4th |
Mansfield Cub Group
6.30pm-8.30pm
Sylvia |
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April 12th |
Talk Women's Institute @ Bolsover
7.30pm
Sylvia |
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May 10th |
Langold Dyscarr Community School
1pm
Jo Brenda and Margaret |
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May 18th |
Sherwood Forest Youth Hostel
Ashby Willesley School
Sylvia, Jo, Brenda and Margaret |
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June 4th |
BBC Spring Watch
Newstead Abbey |
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June 17th |
Mattersey Village Fete
2pm - 4pm
Bat Talk and Walk to be arranged later
in the year |
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July 1st |
Walk & Talk Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre
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July 2nd |
Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre |
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July 10th |
Sherwood Forest Youth Hostel
Walesby School |
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July 22nd & 23rd |
Clumber Park
A Wildlife Weekend 10.30am
- 5pm
Wildlife displays, walks and activities
for all ages at the Conservation Centre.
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August 13th |
Langold Country Park Gala |
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August 26th -28th
26th |
Celebrating European Bat Weekend
North Notts Bat Group & Friends BBQ Clumber
Park. Walk afterwards
(Look out for more events here soon) |
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September 2nd |
Clumber Park Talk & Walk Start 6.30pm
Find out about bats with the North
Nottinghamshire Bat Group and return for a moth trapping session.
Booking essential.
Adults £3.00 Contact: 01909
476592 or
clumberpark@nationaltrust.org.uk
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September 17th |
Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre |
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September 22nd 23rd & 24th
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Bat Conservation Trust Conference
Reading University |
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October 27th
Time: 12.30pm to 3.00pm
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Notts so scary Halloween
Sherwood Pines Forest Park
Part
of a Halloween drop-in session featuring broomstick making, arts
and crafts, face painting and chance to say hello to bats,
courtesy of the North Notts Bat Group. The event is suitable for
children aged between four and 12 years old, who must be
accompanied by an adult.
More information: 01623 822447
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November 13th
Afternoon |
John Hunt Infant School Newark
Bats & Hibernation with Notts Wildlife
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