It is illegal to disturb bats or to interfere with their roosting sites in any way.
Bats attic ireland.
Bats pose no threat to you or your home.
In northern ireland you can contact the northern ireland environment agency on 028 9056 9605.
They only need a gap of 1 5x2cm to squeeze through.
All bats and their roost sites are fully protected by law even if bats are not present all the time.
The teens decided to find out.
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.
Ireland has nine bat species but dylan had no idea which species was living in his attic.
The bats must be removed from the attic and they are protected as colonies so they must not be killed.
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.
If you live in an area with mild temperatures throughout the year the bats will stay year round.
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.
If you have bats in your roof their access must not be impeded.
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.
You don t want to kill a beneficial bat anyway.
Nine possibly 10 bat species occur in ireland all of them protected by law.
In fact bats and people have been sharing buildings for centuries.
There are 10 different species of bats in ireland some very rare others still quite widespread.
Bats will hibernate in the winter if the temperature stays at around 35 to 40 f.
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.