Join our Bat Night at Coed y Werin
Saturday 18th July • 9:00 PM
As the sun sets and darkness gathers beneath the trees, Coed y Werin comes alive with the woodland night shift.
Join ecologist Dr Alex Wilson for a magical summer evening discovering the hidden world of bats and moths. Using bat detectors, we’ll listen to the secret calls of pipistrelles, noctules and other night-flying hunters as they emerge from their roosts and sweep through the woodland sky.
Children are especially welcome to bring torches and explore the woods after dark — an adventure that transforms the familiar woodland into a world of mystery, movement and sound. No school in the morning, no early morning alarm clocks, it’s a Saturday night, a night made for woodland adventures after dark.
Expect:
🦇 Live bat detecting
🌙 A guided dusk woodland walk
🦋 Moths and night pollinators
🔦 Torchlit woodland exploration
🌲 The magic of Coed y Werin after dark
Last year, families watched pipistrelles dance overhead while detectors crackled with echolocation calls, and youngsters lit the woodland paths with their torches as dusk folded into darkness.
Booking essential — places are limited — contact: cwtcoedywerin@gmail.com
📍 Coed y Werin Woodland
🕘 Meet at the main entrance, 9:00 PM
Bats are wonderful creatures but often misunderstood. Telling the different species apart by sight can be difficult, but this guide by the Natural History Museum, outlines key details to look out for to identify five of our most common species, including echolocation calls (high-pitched sounds that bats use to navigate and hunt) for those with access to a bat detector
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/take-part/identify-nature/bats-in-flight-id-guide.html
The children can even recite the ‘Watchers Charm’ to start the evening off
This years calendar of events is delivered by Caerphilly Woodlands Trust with the support of Caerphilly County Borough Council’s Countryside Service and the Gwent Green Grid Partnership.
This project is funded by the Local Places for Nature scheme. It is being delivered by The National Lottery Heritage Fund in partnership with the Welsh Government
Ariennir y prosiect yma gan y cynllun Lleoedd Lleol ar gyfer Natur. Mae’n cael ei ddarparu gan Gronfa Treftadaeth y Loteri Genedlaethol mewn partneriaeth â Llywodraeth Cymru
