CENTRAL SCOTLAND BAT GROUP

Draft Programme for 2007/8

Meetings

• Thursday November 1st 2007. "After Halloween, the Real Vampires", a talk by John Haddow at 19:30 in Dunblane
• Thursday December 6th 2007. Social evening at the Allan Park Hotel, Stirling from 8.00 pm.
  This is an informal get together with no set programme.
• Sunday February 3rd 2008. Doune and Aberfoyle Hibernaculum sites. (February 10th will be a reserve date in case weather is bad).
• Monday April 21st 2008 at 19:30. AGM at Scottish Churches House. The meeting will include a talk by Anne Youngman, the Scottish Officer of the Bat Conservation Trust on "The Dundee City Bat Project".
  Please note that this is a change of date.
• Late April / early May 2008. A visit to Aberfoyle Bat House to check on Natterers Bats. Details to be arranged.
• Thursday May 1st 2008. A training session for those interested in the Car Bat Survey. Probably held in Dunblane. Details to be arranged.
• late July 2008. A bat handling and detector training session to be held, probably at Doune Organiser Anne Youngman. Details to be arranged.
• June, July and August 2008. August counts and surveys for the National Bat Monitoring Programme.
  Activities include Counting bats emerging from roosts, surveying waterways for Daubentons Bats and Field surveys. More volunteers are always welcome.

Other Meetings

• Saturday 17th November 2007; Scottish Bat Conference at Stirling University
  This is an all day event with talks and workshops. You should have received an email about this recently. As we have to pay for accommodation this year, the cost is higher than usual. CSBG will subsidise newish group members paying for themselves by £10.00 each.