Bechstein’s bats in a Mosaic Landscape – A Talk by Keith Cohen – Kenilworth Senior Citizens’ Club
Since 1999, Bechstein’s bats in the farming and woodland mosaic south of Trowbridge have been focus for various surveys by Wiltshire Bat Group and others. Keith has run monitoring for Wiltshire Wildlife Trust since 2016, with Bat Group and other volunteers: bat box checks and radio-tracking have been the core of this, along with tree roost surveys. Exciting discoveries have included one of the largest recorded maternity roosts in the UK in a hedgerow tree some 500m beyond the woodland boundary and foraging in the wider countryside, up to 4km from the ancient woodland habitat.
About Keith Cohen:
Keith Cohen is a Bat Group member and independent consultant ecologist who has worked in ecology and environmental education since 1992, initially in Scotland, more recently based in Banbury. He became hooked on bats when Dumfriesshire Bat Group came to advise him on urgent plumbing repairs without disturbing the bats … which turned out to be the first whiskered maternity colony known in Scotland.
The talk will be delivered in person at the Kenilworth Senior Citizens’ Club and online on Zoom.
Everyone Welcome!
£3 for Warwickshire Bat Group members or £4 for non members. You can pay cash on the door or buy tickets in advance on Eventbrite in person or on Zoom.
Kenilworth Senior Citizens’ Club, Abbey End Car Park, Kenilworth, Warwickshire. CV8 1QJ
Wednesday, 11 November 2026 19:30 – 21:30
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