Bats Attic Ireland

There are 10 different species of bats in ireland some very rare others still quite widespread.

Bats attic ireland.

In fact bats and people have been sharing buildings for centuries. You don t want to kill a beneficial bat anyway. The bats are usually excluded through one way exclusion devices. The species most usually found in houses in ireland are the common pipistrelle soprano pipistrelle and the brown long eared bat.

If it gets colder than that the bats in the attic will migrate out allowing you to seal up cracks and other entry points once they leave for the season. All bats and their roost sites are fully protected by law even if bats are not present all the time. Bats pose no threat to you or your home. They only need a gap of 1 5x2cm to squeeze through.

Nine possibly 10 bat species occur in ireland all of them protected by law. To start richard recalls we got a bat detector and went on bat walks with local bat groups bat detectors have a microphone that takes in bat sounds. It is illegal to disturb bats or to interfere with their roosting sites in any 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.

If any problems are encountered with bats or if any repair work to the roof is necessary advice must be sought from the relevant statutory nature conservation agency. Experts consider several irish bat populations to be of international conservation concern. I first noticed that we had bats sharing our attic about four years ago. Bats will hibernate in the winter if the temperature stays at around 35 to 40 f.

Ireland has nine bat species but dylan had no idea which species was living in his attic. 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 you have bats in your roof their access must not be impeded. In northern ireland you can contact the northern ireland environment agency on 028 9056 9605.

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 may cause them harm.