L&RBG is a small friendly Group who are passionate about bats. Our aim is to promote bats locally. Please use this site to help us with our aim.
Do get out and look for bats with us; we are interested in your records. This site is intended to make batting in Leicestershire and Rutland immediate and engaging. All traffic on this site must be ‘not for profit’ and appropriate for L&RBG aims to promote bat education and conservation. Have fun and be safe!
07/06/2026
As comes to an end, we wanted to take a moment to say a massive thank you to all of our group’s volunteers 🦇
They spend hours caring for bats, attending events, leading walks, checking boxes, doing surveys and much more.
We thank you volunteers!
A 1 minute segment of soprano pipistrelles leaving the All Saints Church, Braunston, during our National Bat Monitoring Programme count on Friday night. How many can you count? We'll be back there on Friday 26th June for the second count, hopefully with the juveniles on the wing. 🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🥰
For more events see:
https://lrbatgroup.wordpress.com/bat-group-programme-of-activities/
Please book as places are limited. Details are on the website.
Bat Conservation Trust
05/06/2026
The Soprano Pipistrelles are coming out now at our NBMP Maternity Roost Count - Braunston in Rutland Bat Conservation Trust 🦇🦇🦇
Remember the two pipistrelles that were taken to Leicestershire Wildlife Hospital after being found inside a bucket of water?
Well they are both doing well and had a go in our new flight cage to build up strength ready for release ❤️
Super cute picture in the comments!
02/06/2026
We are exciting to share with you our new flight cage 🦇
This is being used by bat carers to exercise the bats prior to release to make sure that they are flight ready. As you can see, the bats now have a large secure space to fly in.
A big thank you to our members for your continued support, to our volunteers who worked hard building this and to Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust for providing us with the room and support to build.
27/05/2026
These two pipistrelles arrived into our care after they were found inside a bucket of water!
Barely clinging to life on arrival, our team slowly warmed and rehydrated the 2 of them and thankfully they showed fantastic signs of improvement!
Once stable, they were then transferred into the capable hands of the Leicestershire & Rutland Bat Group where they will spend some time with a specialist bat carer before being released back into the wild at the location originally found.
Being a bat carer can be busy at times, but it’s all worth it when the bat you’ve been caring for is healthy enough to be released, like this little pipistrelle 🦇
If you find an injured or grounded bat head to our website for guidance - https://lrbatgroup.wordpress.com/ive-found-a-bat-help/
19/05/2026
Busy making badges, mirrors and fridge magnets to take to our events this summer. All funds raised help towards our bat care (vet bills, antibiotics, mealworms and puppy milk) for the grounded bats we get from now until they hibernate.