The Halloween
Bat Walk
with Bridget Nicholls
Friday 31st October 2025
4.30pm - 7pm
This isn’t your average bat walk. It’s a special Halloween evening in Voltaire’s Woods, near Minchinhampton with “cultural” bat expert Bridget Nicholls/
She has led bat walks across the world and turned natural history into living art — translating science into sound, story and wonder. Now she brings her bat detectors, her folklore and her fascination with the unseen to our local woods.
Bridget is an authority on cultural entomology, bat expert, and former Artist in Residence at London Zoo (where she lived in a shepherd’s hut).
As darkness gathers, we’ll listen for the clicks and calls of bats weaving through the trees, explore the myths that surround them and tune our ears to the hidden frequencies of the night. Expect stories, sonar, and a touch of Halloween mischief.
This walk is great for adults and children alike. Just bring curiousity and some good walking shoes.
Adults £20, children £5
Who is Bridget Nicholls?
Bridget is Bridget Nicholls is a world authority on eco-entertainment and cultural entomology, and the founder of Pestival (2004). A Fellow of the Explorers Club and recipient of the Churchill Travel Fellowship (2020–24), she was also the first International Zoo Art Fellow of the Zoological Society of London. An MC, writer and broadcaster, Bridget has worked with BBC2, The Discovery Channel, The Ecologist and BBC World Service, and hosted walks, talks and workshops worldwide. Known for collaborations with comedians such as Stewart Lee and Sally Phillips, she has been described by Lee as “the eco-activist with pirate blood.”
You can read more about her on her website https://www.bridgetzaideenicholls.com/