Monday 20th November 2023, 7pm (online) – Veteran Trees
There is an overlap between features that make a tree recordable on the Ancient Tree Inventory and features that bats may use. Ros Evans from the Woodland Trust will explain more about the Ancient Tree Inventory.
The talk will outline the importance of ancient and veteran trees in the landscape and explain how to recognise the difference between the two. As bat surveyors, you are in a good position to gain access to such trees and add their details to the Woodland Trust’s Ancient Tree Inventory. The presentation will equip you with the field skills you need to record these ‘living legends’ and add to the Trust’s existing database.
The event is free to attend but please register in advance with the Membership Secretary so that we can gauge numbers. A link to the Zoom session will be sent to registered attendees prior to the event.
Tuesday 22nd August, 7.30pm to 9.30pm – River Foss Bat Walk
A bat survey along the River Foss with the River Foss Community Group to record the bat species using the river corridor. Bat group members are welcome to come along.
Meet at the picnic tables through the metal pedestrian gate off Heworth Green. The gate is at SE60915253 to the east of the A1036 bridge over the River Foss.
Please let us know if you are coming along by emailing Events Organiser to give us an idea of numbers and so we don’t leave anyone behind.
12 August 2023
Join members of the North Yorkshire Bat Group for an evening stroll around the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust site at Askham Bog, south-west of York. Meet in the car park at 8:45pm. It’s a fairly flat walk around the boardwalk. Bring a torch and a bat detector, if you have one. Please contact Membership Secretary if you intend to come, so we can manage numbers, and provide a ‘phone number, in case we need to cancel at short notice if the weather is unsuitable.
22 July 2023 – Visit to the Hoffman lime kiln near Settle in the Yorkshire Dales, for a fascinating tour of this amazing structure with multiple roosts. 
For more details contact Membership Secretary .
23 June 2023 – Bat Roost Count, Winteringham
Part of a series of roost surveys at Winteringham Church. For more details contact Events Organiser .
16 June 2023 – Bat Roost Count, Low Catton
Part of a series of roost surveys at Low Catton Church. For more details contact Events Organiser .
9 June 2023 – Bat Roost Count, Winteringham
Part of a series of roost surveys at Winteringham Church. For more details contact Events Organiser .
7 June 2023 – Bat Roost Count, Grinton, Swaledale
Part of a series of monthly roost counts at St. Andrew’s Church. For more details contact Events Organiser .
26 May 2023 – Bat Survey, Knapton
Walked survey at a new planting scheme. For more details contact Events Organiser .
20 May 2023 – Survey, Clifton Bridge, York
We will be undertaking an informal survey of Clifton Bridge, York, which has previously been used as a maternity roost for noctule, Daubenton’s bat and a pipistrelle species. The event is open to all levels of experience and there will be a range of equipment that we will be happy to show you how to use. This will likely lead to more detailed surveys to pinpoint roost locations and repeat visits to monitor numbers. For more information, including meeting time and location, contact Membership Secretary .
19 May 2023 – Studley Royal Deer Park, near Ripon
20:00 Members are invited to get together for a chat, to look at new equipment and to have a walk down the 7 Bridges Valley with detectors. Good footwear, layers and a torch are recommended. For more details contact Chairman .