Bats : 19th August 2026

If you have been looking at our Programme page you will have noticed that this event is not as stated on the page. The changes to this event will also impact on the Moth Identification on the 20th.

The glowworms that have been seen are few; therefore Doug our lead for this event has suggested that we change this walk to Bats at the Dearne Valley Country Park. We will be meeting at the later time of 8 pm; as dusk falls and the bats come out to feed. We will be looking over the fishing lake for the daubentons and by the foot bridges for the pipistrelles (known haunt for these bats). Armed with the bat detectors we may locate other species too. The details have been emailed to our group; if you feel you would like to join us please drop an email request to us.

While the Moth Identification will now take place on the Wednesday 26th of August. This is a popular morning event, starting at 10:30 and hosted by Jill and Doug. Where we will be tubing the moths to allow us by the uses of many books to learn how to identify the moth species. The details for this to follow by email shortly.

Bat watching Elsecar Reservoir : September 20th 2023

Our next field visit takes place on the evening of Wednesday, 20th September. We will be watching bats on Elsecar reservoir and nearby. We will bring some bat detectors! Leader Doug Brown.

Meet at the car park at 6.45 pm on Wentworth Road near Elsecar Heritage Centre and opposite Elsecar Park. Grid Ref SK 38449976. What 3 words: ///aunts.wanted.cuddled. Nearby post code: S74 8EP

Batting in Dearne Valley Country Park : August 24th 2022

Our Wednesday 24 August evening field visit was a walk around Dearne Valley Country Park. We had a general look around the park along the canal, before using our bat detectors to identify the different bat species when it started to get dark.

The highlight of the evening was seeing the Daubenton bats skimming insects off the surface of the water. We had five species: three pipestrelle, noctule and Daubenton.

Thanks to Mark and Kevin for their support. It was good to have a number of bat detectors for people to try out.