Welcome!

Bat Conservation Ireland is a Charity dedicated to the conservation of Ireland's bats. 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 providing a central repository for bat records.

Contact details

Bat Conservation Ireland's address and telephone number are: Ulex House, Drumheel, Lisduff, Virginia, Co. Cavan. Tel: 046 9242882

BATLAS 2010

In 2008 we embarked on the BATLAS 2010 project, a project to find bats where they haven't yet been recorded in Ireland. The project continues in 2009 so we still need your help! See the monitoring page for details.

Waterways 2009

We are continuing the Daubenton's Waterways Survey in 2009. This will be underway in August, over 400 volunteers participated in this survey last year. If you are interested in helping us carry out in this important conservation work click on the monitoring link above.

New Reports

Reports are now available on results of studies conducted by BCIreland in 2008 into the effects of development on bats in Ireland and a survey of bridges for roosting bats. See the reports page for details.