Spring Bat Walk
Join Linton FROG and the Cambridgeshire Bat Group on a bat walk following the River Granta to learn about our only true flying mammal.
Back by popular demand! In 2025 this event attracted 100 people of all ages, fascinated by what flies above our heads near the river at night. Guided by Rachel Bates from the Cambridgshire Bat Group, we will learn that bats are amazing. Bats are the only mammal able to actively fly rather than glide, can live into their forties, and navigate and hunt in the dark using echolocation - 'shouting' out high pitch sounds to build up a 3D picture of their surroundings.
Starting at the main entrance to the Pocket Park (aka Leadwell Meadows) just off Mill Lane we will walk around this tranquil green space armed with bat detectors, small hand-held devices that pick up ultrasound (sounds at frequencies beyond the limit of human hearing) and convert it into a sound we can hear easily.
If there is time we will make our way out of Pocket Park, up Mill Lane towards the ford and along to Camping Close, our village green, and St Mary's Church, where bats may swoop around our heads in search of insects on the wing and above the trees. Don't worry - they won't get caught in your hair!
Join Linton FROG and the Cambridgeshire Bat Group on a bat walk following the River Granta to learn about our only true flying mammal.
Back by popular demand! In 2025 this event attracted 100 people of all ages, fascinated by what flies above our heads near the river at night. Guided by Rachel Bates from the Cambridgshire Bat Group, we will learn that bats are amazing. Bats are the only mammal able to actively fly rather than glide, can live into their forties, and navigate and hunt in the dark using echolocation - 'shouting' out high pitch sounds to build up a 3D picture of their surroundings.
Starting at the main entrance to the Pocket Park (aka Leadwell Meadows) just off Mill Lane we will walk around this tranquil green space armed with bat detectors, small hand-held devices that pick up ultrasound (sounds at frequencies beyond the limit of human hearing) and convert it into a sound we can hear easily.
If there is time we will make our way out of Pocket Park, up Mill Lane towards the ford and along to Camping Close, our village green, and St Mary's Church, where bats may swoop around our heads in search of insects on the wing and above the trees. Don't worry - they won't get caught in your hair!
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Highlights
- 1 hour 45 minutes
- all ages
- In person
- Doors at 8PM
Location
Pocket Park, Mill Lane, Linton, Cambs
Mill Lane
Linton CB21 4UX
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