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2026 Events
- Talk: Water Voles – a landscape perspective – Wednesday 14th January 2026 19:30. Sprowston Diamond Centre, School Lane, Sprowston, Norwich NR7 8TR Free (donations welcome)
- AGM followed by Talk: Bats about Moths with Dave Appleton – Friday 23rd January 2026 19:00. Sprowston Diamond Centre, School Lane, Sprowston, Norwich NR7 8TR Free (donations welcome)
- Talk: Lesser Horseshoe Bats at Sherbourne with Nick Downs (Natural England) – Wednesday 4th February 2026 19:00. Online. Free (donations welcome)
- Walk: Ranworth with Broads Authority – Tuesday 28th April (Booking required via Eventbrite)
- Event: Open Farm Sunday Burnham Deepdale – Sunday 31st May
- Walk: Quaker Wood, Diss – Weds 3rd June (contact us for details)
- Walk: Burnham Deepdale – Saturday 18th July (Booking required)
- Walk: Fairhaven Water Gardens – August TBC (Booking required)
- Walk: Rockland Broad with South Yare Wildlife Group – Friday August 21st, contact SYWG for details
- Walk: Whittlignham Country Park – Saturday 29th August TBC
- Walk: Strumpshaw Fen – Saturday 5th September (Booking required)
- Walk: Strumpshaw Fen – Friday 11th September (Booking required)
- Walk: Fairhaven Water Gardens – Saturday 12th September (Booking required)
- Walk: Norfolk Wildlife Trust – Saturday 12th September TBC
- Walk: Eaton Park, Norwich – Thursday 17th September
- Walk: Norfolk Wildlife Trust – Saturday 19th September TBC
- Walk: Norfolk Wildlife Trust – Sunday 20th September TBC
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Shipdham Bat Walks – Our Chairman Sam will be running regular bat walks at Shipdham throughout the summer season. Please see the Shipdham Bat Walks Facebook Group for more details.
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Past events 2025…
- AGM followed by Talk: The BTO Acoustic Pipeline : developing a European scale bioacoustics data management platform with Stuart Newson BTO – Friday 24th January, 7:30pm, United Reform Church Ipswich Road, Norwich NR4 6QR
- Talk: OP Randall – Norfolk Constabulary Rural Crime with PC Chris Shelley – Friday 7th February, 7:30pm, United Reform Church Ipswich Road, Norwich NR4 6QR
- Talk for Great Hockham Gardening Club – Wednesday 12th February
- Bat Talk for Greening Holt – Thursday 20th February, 6:30pm, St Andrew’s Church Holt www.dioceseofnorwich.org/event/winter-talks-all-about-bats/
- Talk: Bechstein’s Bat with Simeon Johnson (BCT) – Thursday 27th February, 7:30pm, Online.
- Talk for Kenninghall Gardening Club – Thursday 6th March
- Talk: Bats and Climate Change with Beth Gillie (BCT) – Friday 7th March, 7:30pm, United Reform Church Ipswich Road, Norwich NR4 6QR
- East of England Bat Conference – Saturday 12th April, Ely College and on Zoom. Book here: www.bats.org.uk/our-work/conferences-symposia/english-regional-bat-conferences/east-of-england-bat-conference
- Event: Little Ouse Headwaters Project Spring Plant and Craft Fair – Sunday 13th April, 10am – 3pm, The Frith, South Lopham www.lohp.org.uk/events
- Bat Walk at Whitlingham Country Park – Saturday 4th May Booking via Pathmakers
- Talk for All Saints Church, Beighton – Tuesday 13th May
- Bat walk at Great Moulton – Wednesday 14th May, 8:30pm, Meet at Coronation Hall, NR15 2LA. Tickets £7.50, Under 12s free. (Proceeds to Block East Pye Solar) Booking essential, please email bat_walk@yahoo.com.)
- Event: Open Farm Sunday at Burnham Deepdale – Sunday 1st June
- Bat walk for Roydon Green Week – Wednesday 11th June, Quaker Wood
- Roost count at Surlingham Church – Saturday 28th June, Surlingham Church
- Bat walk at Burnham Deepdale – Saturday July 26th Booking essential deepdalefarm.co.uk/bat-walks/
- Family Bat Night and Walk at Fairhaven Water Gardens – Tuesday 12th August, 8pm. Booking essential: fairhaven.visihost.co.uk
- Bat walk with Wild Lakenham – Friday 15th August 8:15pm at St John’s Church Harwood Road, Lakenham. No need to book. Free but donations welcome.
- Bat walk and talk at Gissing Community Building– Tuesday 19th August 7:30pm, £4.
- Bat walk at Marston Marshes – Thursday 21st August
- Bat walk with South Yare Wildlife Group, at Rockland St Mary – Friday 22nd August 7:30pm. Booking essential: email jimbradley.bradley @gmail .com
- Bat walk at Gressenhall – Friday 29th August, Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse. Booking essential www.gressenhall.norfolk.gov.uk
- International Bat Night! Children’s activities and Bat walk at Shipdham – Saturday 30th August, 7:30pm. Bullock Park, Shipdham. Free but donations welcome.
- Bat Walk and Talk at GreenAcres Colney Park – Thursday 11th September 18:50 – 21:00
- Family Bat Night and Walk at Fairhaven Water Gardens – Wednesday 17th September Booking Essential fairhaven.visihost.co.uk
- Bat Walk at Holt Country Park for Muddy Boots Group- Saturday 20th September (Muddy Boots members only)
- Talk at Watatunga (nr King’s Lynn) – Thursday 25th September
- Event: Gressenhall Apple Day – Sunday 12th October, Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse (www.gressenhall.norfolk.gov.uk)
- Talk: The Evolution of Bats with Dan Bryant (BCT) – Tuesday 28th October, 19:00. Online.
- Winter Social – Saturday 29th November, 18:00 – 21:00. Swanton Morley Village Hall.
Some selected photos from past events
Wild Lakenham bat walk, 7th August 2023
Bat and boat trip in association with the Broads Authority – Whitlingham Broad Country Park, 17th September 2019.
Gressenhall bat night, 13th September 2019.
Bat and boat trip in association with the Broads Authority – Whitlingham Broad Country Park, 28th August 2019.
Talk on the Bats and Mills in the Broads, by Andrea Kelly, Senior Ecologist at the Broads Authority, Thursday 12th April 2018
Water, Mills and Marshes is the Broads Landscape Partnership Project, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The project has a big focus on recording and repairing some of the iconic drainage mills on Halvergate marshes, an area which boasts one of the greatest concentration of such mills in Europe. As well as the heritage focus, the enhancement of mills as places for wildlife was explored, with a focus on providing enhancements for bats.
Keep an eye on the website to see what else is coming up. Contact us if you want to know more.
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Some selected photos from past events
Bat and boat trip in association with the Broads Authority – Whitlingham Broad Country Park, 17th September 2019.
Gressenhall bat night, 13th September 2019.
Bat and boat trip in association with the Broads Authority – Whitlingham Broad Country Park, 28th August 2019.
Talk on the Bats and Mills in the Broads, by Andrea Kelly, Senior Ecologist at the Broads Authority, Thursday 12th April 2018
Water, Mills and Marshes is the Broads Landscape Partnership Project, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The project has a big focus on recording and repairing some of the iconic drainage mills on Halvergate marshes, an area which boasts one of the greatest concentration of such mills in Europe. As well as the heritage focus, the enhancement of mills as places for wildlife was explored, with a focus on providing enhancements for bats.
Keep an eye on the website to see what else is coming up. Contact us if you want to know more.