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Lincolnshire Bat Group membership reminder

It is that time again.
Unless you joined in the last six months or have renewed in the last month your LBG subscription is due in March.
– see the renewal reminder for 2026-2027 to update your details and for how to pay. 
 

Events

Surveys and activities
March – June 2026

Work Party day to put up Bat boxes at Great West Wood
09:30 am 28th March 2026
There are approximately 30 bat boxes of various designs that need to be put up in Great West Wood, near Wragby. There are some existing boxes already up in the wood and we will (weather permitting) take the opportunity to check them as well. Please let Jenny know if you are planning to come and for more information at boatwright.jk@gmail.com

Bat Group AGM
7:30 pm 30th March 2026
(in person at The Bull Hotel in Horncastle LN9 5HU)
All members of Lincolnshire Bat Group are invited to come along . There is a guest speaker – Laura Torrent the scientist who discovered the Bioko pipistrelle – the 1500th bat species. She will give a talk titled “What we have learned about Equatorial Guinea’s Bats – and what remains a mystery?”

Other events that are coming up but haven’t had dates confirmed as yet:

These include:

Tattershall Church cleaning

Tattershall Carrs bat box check

Ostler’s Plantation bat box check

Tattershall Church NBMP emergence survey/roost count

Committee positions are :

Chairman – Ian Nixon

Secretary – Becca Claxton

Treasurer – Tracie Charles

Membership – Dot Brooke-Taylor

Bat Care Coordinator – Kiran Johal

Facebook – Geraldine Commowick

WhatsApp – Kiran Johal

 

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