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New members to the group are always welcome. If you want to come along to one of our indoor meetings to get a flavour of our activities please do so. Many of our events are for members only so there is definitely an advantage to joining.

The membership fee is £7.50 valid for 12 months from 1^st May in any year. New members joining after 1^st January will receive membership until 1^st May the following year.

There are FOUR ways to join:

1: In person at one of our indoor meetings with a completed membership form or…

2: By returning by post a membership form and cheque, or…

3: By filling in the membership form and making an online bank payment to:
Ac/No 252 62 660 Sort Code 77-22-07 please use your name as the payment reference, or…

4: Paying directly via Paypal (send money to nottsbatgroup@gmail.com) and filling in the membership form.

Whatever method you use it is very important that you return a completed membership form. Without it we will be unable to contact you. Paying by PayPal or by bank transfer does not give us permission to contact you. The form is available as either a Word file or PDF. Please return by email to nottsbatgroup@gmail.com or by post to the address on the from.

Word – Nottinghamshire-Bat-Group-Membership-Form

PDF – Nottinghamshire-Bat-Group-Membership-Form

Do they make a nest?

No, bats only use what is already there – caves, holes in trees, gaps in bridges, roofs of buildings, external features of buildings eg. behind fascia boards (a favourite roost site for pipistrelle bats). They do not make existing gaps bigger, they don’t chew cables in roofs, and they do not bring any nesting material into the roost with them. Bats need different conditions depending on the time of year. In summer female bats gather together to form nursery roosts. To enable the young bats to develop quickly they need a warm site such as a south facing gable or a roof space. Once the young are able to fend for themselves they choose cooler sites to enable them to conserve energy by slowing down their metabolism. In winter they need cool sites with high humidity. Winter sites include caves, tunnels and old mine workings.