In summer irish bats.
Bats attic ireland.
The bats that are kept in both zoos are rodrigues fruit bats which come from a tropical island in the indian ocean.
Where a bat lives is called a roost.
Find out when maternity season begins for your local bat population.
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.
All irish bats are protected under the 1976 wildlife act and also by the european habitats directive.
The best tool is education.
Bats are nocturnal but they are pretty quiet in small numbers and most people don t notice any.
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.
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.
If bats are living in your attic you should not try to trap or handle them because you could get bitten.
Bat conservation ireland caomhantas ialtog na heireann is a charity dedicated to the conservation of ireland s bats.
It is an offence to intentionally kill disturb handle or keep bats without a licence.
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.
There are 10 different species of bats in ireland some very rare others still quite widespread.
The smell can be overpowering and it can also spread diseases.
Type time of noise.
If you drive off the mother after she s given birth her babies won t be able to survive.
The species most usually found in houses in ireland are the common pipistrelle soprano pipistrelle and the brown long eared bat.
How do you get bats out of the attic.
A fully infested bat attic is one of the biggest and most challenging problems in the field of problem wildlife removal.
Some bats carry rabies which can be spread if a bat bites someone.
There are many different varieties of bats.
Have bats living in your attic excluded.
If you come across bats in your attic don t panic.
Never block up access holes in summer as this will have disastrous consequences for the mothers and young.
This will leave you with an unbearable stench and an attic full of dead bats to dispose of.
The bat in the picture is an irish lesser horseshoe bat.
In northern ireland you can contact the northern ireland environment agency on 028 9056 9605.
Their number is a locall one 1800 405000.
Research the types of bats found in your area.
The only places in ireland where you can find bats that eat fruit are the zoos in dublin and belfast.
