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