Dumfries & Galloway Bat Group
Also known as: D&G Bat Group
- Country
- Scotland
- Charity number
- SC055065
- Status
- Active
- Registered
- March 18, 2026
- Legal form
- SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Address
- Address
- Gairland
Old Edinburgh Road
Newton Stewart
DG8 6PL
Contact
- Website
dumfriesbatgroup.org.uk
Activities
'It carries out activities or services itself'
'the advancement of animal welfare'
Objectives: The organisation's purposes are to promote the conservation and study of bats and their habitats in the council boundaries of Dumfries and Galloway through: a) education, encouraging an awareness of bat conservation issues. b) leading guided walks, c) attending public events, d) school visits. e) advising on bat conservation issues. f) Facilitating training of bat workers to enable Licencing as trained bat workers g) Direct practical work, h) monitoring and provision of bat roosting opportunities, i) Carrying out roost survey. j) Using audio equipment to survey wider countryside. k) Advising bat welfare issues. l) Caring for and rehabilitating sick and injured bats. m) Rescuing bats from dwellings, where they are causing distress.
Areas of operation
- Main operating location
- Dumfries And Galloway
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
Nearby
- Peace Advocate Project Ltd 0.2 mi
- Galloway Nature And Heritage Trust 0.3 mi
- Newton Stewart Men's Shed 0.4 mi
- Enable Wigtown & District Branch 0.5 mi
- Newton Stewart Golf Club 0.5 mi