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2026 Events
- 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 10th June (contact us for details)
- Walk: Magpie Meadows, Harleston – Sat 13th June 9-10pm, free. (Part of full day BioBlitz event, see: allevents.in/banham/magpies-meadow-bioblitz/200030073849319)
- Walk: Burnham Deepdale – Saturday 18th July (Booking required: deepdalefarm.co.uk/events/)
- Members event: Bat count at Surlingham Church – Friday 26th June TBC
- Walk: Fairhaven Water Gardens – Friday 7th August, 8pm (Booking required: www.fairhavengarden.co.uk)
- Walk: Wild Lakenham – Friday 14th August 8:15pm (Details to follow via wildlakenham.org.uk/events/)
- Walk: Rockland Broad with South Yare Wildlife Group – Friday August 21st, contact SYWG for details southyarewildlifegroup.org
- Walk : Banham Church – Thursday 27th August TBC
- Walk for International Bat Night TBC – Saturday 29th August
- Walk: Strumpshaw Fen – Saturday 5th September (Booking required via: events.rspb.org.uk/StrumpshawFen)
- Walk: Strumpshaw Fen – Friday 11th September (Booking required via: events.rspb.org.uk/StrumpshawFen)
- Walk: Fairhaven Water Gardens – Saturday 12th September (Booking required: www.fairhavengarden.co.uk)
- Children’s walk: Norfolk Wildlife Trust – Saturday 12th September (Booking required: www.eventbrite.co.uk)
- Walk: Eaton Park, Norwich – Thursday 17th September 7:15pm, free (Details: friendsofeatonpark.co.uk/events-activities/)
- Walk: St Clements Common, Rushall – Friday 18th September, 6:45pm
- Walk: Norfolk Wildlife Trust – Saturday 19th September (Booking required: www.eventbrite.co.uk)
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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, 2026…
- 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)
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.