Bats Attic Ireland

Bats in houses information leaflet.

Bats attic ireland.

We promote conservation of bats by disseminating educational materials giving talks and leading bat walks carrying out nationwide surveys and monitoring of bats acting as an umbrella group for the local bat groups and. The best tool is education. Type time of noise. The species most usually found in houses in ireland are the common pipistrelle soprano pipistrelle and the brown long eared bat.

In northern ireland you can contact the northern ireland environment agency on 028 9056 9605. This will leave you with an unbearable stench and an attic full of dead bats to dispose of. If you come across bats in your attic don t panic. Even if bats have left your attic it is an offence to block the roost bats return to the same place every year so empty bat roosts are protected.

Bat conservation ireland caomhantas ialtog na heireann is a charity dedicated to the conservation of ireland s bats. The smell can be overpowering and it can also spread diseases. Where a bat lives is called a roost. Never block up access holes in summer as this will have disastrous consequences for the mothers and young.

The bats that are kept in both zoos are rodrigues fruit bats which come from a tropical island in the indian ocean. The only places in ireland where you can find bats that eat fruit are the zoos in dublin and belfast. The bat in the picture is an irish lesser horseshoe bat. If you drive off the mother after she s given birth her babies won t be able to survive.

Find out when maternity season begins for your local bat population. If bats are living in your attic you should not try to trap or handle them because you could get bitten. In summer irish bats. Research the types of bats found in your area.

If bats are regularly found flying in the dwelling part of a house it may be that there is a crevice where pipes or wires come down from the attic and bats are getting in that way. Bats can leave droppings called guano all over an attic. If you are aware that bats are roosting in your attic you should consult with the bat conservation ireland before carrying out remedial timber treatments insect control or rodent control that. Here are tips about bats in the attic.

A fully infested bat attic is one of the biggest and most challenging problems in the field of problem wildlife removal. All irish bats are protected under the 1976 wildlife act and also by the european habitats directive. There are 10 different species of bats in ireland some very rare others still quite widespread. Bats are nocturnal but they are pretty quiet in small numbers and most people don t notice any.

Have bats living in your attic excluded. It is an offence to intentionally kill disturb handle or keep bats without a licence. Some bats carry rabies which can be spread if a bat bites someone.