Bats Attic Ireland

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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. The smell can be overpowering and it can also spread diseases. It is an offence to intentionally kill disturb handle or keep bats without a licence. If bats are living in your attic you should not try to trap or handle them because you could get bitten.

This will leave you with an unbearable stench and an attic full of dead bats to dispose of. Never block up access holes in summer as this will have disastrous consequences for the mothers and young. 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. 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.

Bats in houses information leaflet. Where a bat lives is called a roost. The only places in ireland where you can find bats that eat fruit are the zoos in dublin and belfast. In summer irish bats.

There are 10 different species of bats in ireland some very rare others still quite widespread. Here are tips about bats in the attic. 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. Have bats living in your attic excluded.

How do you get bats out of the attic. Find out when maternity season begins for your local bat population. All irish bats are protected under the 1976 wildlife act and also by the european habitats directive. Some bats carry rabies which can be spread if a bat bites someone.

Type time of noise. In northern ireland you can contact the northern ireland environment agency on 028 9056 9605. Bats are nocturnal but they are pretty quiet in small numbers and most people don t notice any. 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. A fully infested bat attic is one of the biggest and most challenging problems in the field of problem wildlife removal. If you come across bats in your attic don t panic. The species most usually found in houses in ireland are the common pipistrelle soprano pipistrelle and the brown long eared bat.

Bat conservation ireland caomhantas ialtog na heireann is a charity dedicated to the conservation of ireland s bats. The best tool is education. If you drive off the mother after she s given birth her babies won t be able to survive.