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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^stJanuary in any year. New members joining after 31^stSeptember will receive membership until 1^st January 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 filling in and emailing us the membership form and making an online bank payment to:
Ac/No 252 62 660 Sort Code 77-22-07 please use the name of the person joining as the payment reference, or…

3: Paying directly via Paypal (send money to nottsbatgroup@gmail.com) and filling in and emailing 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

Word – membership from

PDF – membership form

How many types of bat in the world?

There are about 1200 different species of bat in the world divided into two groups. The smallest group are known as the fruit bats or megabats and number about 170 species. This group includes the largest bats in the world with wingspans up to 5 feet. As their name suggests they mainly eat fruit or nectar from flowers. Fruit bats are only found in tropical places across Africa, Asia and Australia. There are no fruit bats in the Americas. The remaining 800+ species belong to a group called the micro bats. Microbats are found all over the world except for the poles and have a wide range of diets but the majority of them eat insects. A few species feed on nectar, some catch fish and there are three species in Central and South America that drink blood (the vampire bats). All British bats are micro bats and eat only insects.