General Information
What to do if you find bats in your house
Bats are protected species and you must take care to remain within the law. The Bat Conservation Trust has some excellent general advice on most circumstances, please click here for details.
Bat Boxes
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Bat Box Schemes
Data Service
The DBCG database is available to conservation bodies and commercial organisations. We normally charge a minimum fee of £75 to commercial organisations and ecological consultants.
Please send any requests for bat data to the DBCG Database Manager: Malcolm Hopton Tel: 01332 511479
Bats for beginers
Bat Detectors
For any serious study of bats, you will need a detector. These devices step down the bat's echo location system frequency to one within our own hearing frequency range.
There are several types of detector with a wide price range to chose from. One of the best suppliers is Alana Ecology.