In northern ireland you can contact the northern ireland environment agency on 028 9056 9605.
Bats attic ireland.
Bats in houses information leaflet.
The bat in the picture is an irish lesser horseshoe bat.
A fully infested bat attic is one of the biggest and most challenging problems in the field of problem wildlife removal.
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.
Have bats living in your attic excluded.
All irish bats are protected under the 1976 wildlife act and also by the european habitats directive.
The bats that are kept in both zoos are rodrigues fruit bats which come from a tropical island in the indian ocean.
If you drive off the mother after she s given birth her babies won t be able to survive.
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.
In summer irish bats.
Research the types of bats found in your area.
Find out when maternity season begins for your local bat population.
Here are tips about bats in the attic.
Some bats carry rabies which can be spread if a bat bites someone.
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.
Their number is a locall one 1800 405000.
There are 10 different species of bats in ireland some very rare others still quite widespread.
It is an offence to intentionally kill disturb handle or keep bats without a licence.
How do you get bats out of the attic.
This will leave you with an unbearable stench and an attic full of dead bats to dispose of.
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.
The smell can be overpowering and it can also spread diseases.
Type time of noise.
If bats are living in your attic you should not try to trap or handle them because you could get bitten.
Bats are nocturnal but they are pretty quiet in small numbers and most people don t notice any.
Bat conservation ireland caomhantas ialtog na heireann is a charity dedicated to the conservation of ireland s bats.
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 best tool is education.
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.
