Course: Bats and Woodland Management
Bat Conservation Trust
Upcoming dates: 8:30am - 5:30pm Tuesday 14th October 2025 at Kingsbury Water Park Education Centre, Sutton Coldfield, Warks
Booking deadline 30th September.
Bats and Woodland Management
Spend a day with BCT's Woodland Specialist - ideal training for anyone involved in looking after a woodland.
This inspiring, in-person course combines indoor classroom sessions with a 2.5 hour, interactive site visit exploring and discussing the woodlands and their management; supporting attendees to develop their understanding of the theory and practice of managing woodlands for bats.
Led by BCT's Woodland Specialist, Sonia Reveley, there will be ample opportunity to ask questions and glean valuable insights from Sonia's knowledge and experience. Invaluable CPD if you are a professional woodland manager or enthusiastic woodland owner.
The theory portion of the course covers the needs of bat species in a woodland habitat, outlines woodland management recommendations, shares potential roost feature recognition as well as an overview of the relevant legislation, empowering course attendees to make informed and beneficial decisions about the management of their own woodlands in the future. It will also signpost participants to good practice guidance on how to check your woodland for protected species and how you should operate when they are present to maintain the health of your trees, ensure the safety of woodland users as well as supporting the wildlife that lives there.
'Bats and Woodland Management' course content:
This one-day course is held in person on sites with great woodland to facilitate practical sessions out among the trees as well as covering theory in the classroom.
Course content includes:
- Bat Biology and Ecology
- Bats and Woodland
- Legislation & European Protected Species guidance (EPS)
- Woodland Management recommendations
- Practical skills session
CPD: A Certificate of Attendance will be awarded that can be used as evidence for CPD.
About Bat Conservation Trust
The Bat Conservation Trust is the leading non-governmental organisation in the United Kingdom solely devoted to the conservation of bats and the landscapes on which they rely.
To achieve our vision of a world rich in wildlife where bats and people
thrive together, our work focuses on discovering more about bats and how they
use the landscape, taking action to protect bats and enhance the landscapes on
which they rely, inspiring people about bats and their environment, engaging
them in their conservation and strengthen our work by building skills,
resources, motivation and understanding.
The Bat Conservation Trust is the leading non-governmental organisation in the United Kingdom solely devoted to the conservation of bats and the landscapes on which they rely. To achieve our vision of a world rich in wildlife where bats and people thrive together, our work focuses on discovering more about bats and how they use the landscape, taking action to protect bats and enhance the landscapes on which they rely, inspiring people about bats and their environment, engaging them in their conservation and strengthen our work by building skills, resources, motivation and understanding.
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