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Hat off to bats in Cambridge!
Bats are fascinating mammals and are a sign of a healthy environment. With at least six species found in Cambridge this shows how wildlife friendly the city is. Unfortunately populations are declining, not just in Cambridge but throughout the UK.
To help reverse this worrying trend the Cambridge City Greenways Project, part of Wildlife Trust for Cambridgeshire, is setting up a major new project called Hats off to Bats.. The project wants to discover where bats can be found in the city. To do this we need help from Cambridge residents!
Hats off to Bats is being launched on Friday 28 May with a talk by local bat expert Antony Mould, at the Leper Chapel, Newmarket Road at 8pm. This will be followed by a guided bat walk around Coldhams Common, heading off at 9.15pm.
A further 4 guided walks and 2 bat ‘punts’ looking/listening for bats around the city and on the River Cam are planned throughout the summer to get people enthused about bats so they go out looking for bats. People who send in records will receive a report of the findings of the project and information on how to make their gardens friendlier for bats.
Iain Webb from the Cambridge City Greenways Project said "Bats are fabulous creatures. This is a great opportunity to expand knowledge of bats in the city and to actively help them. All people have to do is send in records of any bat they see in the city. Whether they notice them whilst they are in their garden/allotment, going for an evening stroll or actively going out looking for bats, these records are vital for helping bats have a future in Cambridge".
For more information on the project and to book a place on the guided walk on 28 May please contact Iain Webb at iain.webb@wildlifebcnp.org or 01954 713531.
Take part in our bat survey.