Where a bat lives is called a roost.
Bats attic ireland.
Bats can leave droppings called guano all over an attic.
This will leave you with an unbearable stench and an attic full of dead bats to dispose of.
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.
Find out when maternity season begins for your local bat population.
The only places in ireland where you can find bats that eat fruit are the zoos in dublin and belfast.
Here are tips about bats in the 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.
How do you get bats out of the attic.
Have bats living in your attic excluded.
Type time of noise.
Bats are nocturnal but they are pretty quiet in small numbers and most people don t notice any.
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 many different varieties of bats.
There are 10 different species of bats in ireland some very rare others still quite widespread.
A fully infested bat attic is one of the biggest and most challenging problems in the field of problem wildlife removal.
If bats are living in your attic you should not try to trap or handle them because you could get bitten.
Research the types of bats found in your area.
The bats that are kept in both zoos are rodrigues fruit bats which come from a tropical island in the indian ocean.
Some bats carry rabies which can be spread if a bat bites someone.
Never block up access holes in summer as this will have disastrous consequences for the mothers and young.
If you come across bats in your attic don t panic.
The best tool is education.
It is an offence to intentionally kill disturb handle or keep bats without a licence.
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.
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.
In summer irish bats.
Their number is a locall one 1800 405000.
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.
All irish bats are protected under the 1976 wildlife act and also by the european habitats directive.
