The weather’s not great so would recommend ‘The Bat Man of Mexico’ should you find yourself looking for something to watch. Hugely inspirational and coming off the BBC iPlayer in 19 days.

Thanks to all who attended last night, and a special thanks to Ian Tanner for his fascinating talk on late-season bat roosting. Our next talk will be held online on 4th of December, where Stuart Newson will discuss ‘Developing a European-scale Bioacoustics Data Management Platform'.

A friendly reminder to all members and non-members that this event is coming up on Thursday, hope to see you there!

Happy Halloween, all!

'Woodland Bats in Winter - a Reimagining of Bat Society'.

Join us at Beckley Hall on Thursday, 6th November 2025 at 7.30 pm for a talk by freelance ecologist Ian Tanner.

Details of venue: Beckley Hall, Woodperry Road, Beckley, Oxford, OX3 9UZ

Open to Members and Non-members.

We’re excited to announce that we’re finalising our Winter program of talks, including Woodland Bats in Winter, Bats in Churches, & Bioacoustics Data Management! If you’re an OBG member (or keen to join), we’d love to have you there! Please do send us a DM to let us know if you’d like to attend!

The NBMP Waterway Survey may not lead to great social media content, but we did see quite a few Daubenton’s!

Had an amazing time with the Wytham Bat Project during a day of box checks led by Dani Linton. All the volunteers learned so much, and after a summer of surveys it was incredible to finally see Natterer’s, Brown Long-Eared, and Daubenton’s bats up close!

An evening of busy pipistrelle activity assisting on a survey as a biodiversity volunteer for Oxfordshire County Council. It’s a great way to get involved, and you can help with surveys on badgers, newts, water voles, otters, and reptiles too!

Hugely enjoyed James Shipman’s ‘Identifying Bats of Britain and Ireland: A Field Worker’s Guide’. Packed with informative and useful tips gleaned from years of experience - the ideal tool as we enter the busy season!

Lovely evening to do a sunset survey for the National Bat Monitoring Programme. Saw common and soprano pipistrelles, as well as my first noctule of the year!

A huge thank you to Daniel Hargreaves for his fun and informative talk after our AGM. Incredible to learn more about lesser horseshoe bats and all the great work that the Vincent Wildlife Trust are doing.

Members of the Oxfordshire Bat Group are invited to our AGM on Thurs 3rd April! We'll review last year’s activities, share future plans, & welcome new members eager to get involved. Then the highlight, Daniel Hargreaves (Vincent Wildlife Trust) will present a talk on 'Taking Lessers to the Limits'.

Had an enjoyable and informative day checking bat boxes and discussing tree roosts with the Berks & South Bucks Bat Group, led by the hugely knowledgeable James Shipman. The bat we found was craftily hidden behind a spiderweb so unfortunately wasn’t able to take a good photo!