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Bat Conservation Ireland - Ireland’s leading authority on bats

Bat Conservation Ireland works to protect and expand existing bat populations and to develop a widespread understanding and appreciation of bats amongst the public, state agencies and other organisations.

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Help protect Ireland’s bat populations by supporting our work

Learn more about bats and Ireland’s bat populations

Specialised education and training to help protect Ireland’s bats

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Bats are under threat from landscape and environmental changes such as:

  • Hedgerow removal
  • Increased light at night
  • Climate change
  • Increased use of pesticides
  • Vulnerable to exclusion from their roosts in buildings and other man-made structures
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Do you have a question about bats?

Our bat query form will help answer most enquiries we receive

Bat query form

Quick help

Answers to some of the most common queries we receive.

Brown long-eared bats in loft

advice about bat roosts

Please read the information provided on bat roosts.

If you still have questions, please contact us and we will do our best to help with your questions

Bat roost advice

Photo credit: Paul Van Hoof

Found a grounded bat?

Bats sometimes appear in houses or on the ground outdoors during the day time. There is a range of options to help a bat back on the wing again, but what to do depends on the situation.

How to deal with a grounded bat

Brown long-eared bat in flight

Bats and planning

Where a bat roost is known to occur on the site of a proposed development, expert advice needs to be sought and best practice guidelines need to be followed.

Bats and Development

Would you like to request a bat walk, talk or other event?

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What is a bat?

Bats are mammals, with fur covered bodies, they are warm blooded and give birth to live young. Mothers feed their newborn babies milk. Bats are the only mammals that undertake true flight.

Learn about Irish bats

Biodiversity Week 2025

Join us for free family fun during Biodiversity Week 2025. We are organising lots of bat talks, walks and activities with our Bat Groups, Biodiversity Officers, Tidy Towns, and community groups across the country between 16th - 25th May 2025. Find out more about Biodiversity Week
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Support our work

You can help support the work of Bat Conservation Ireland by volunteering your time, buying something from our shop or donating.

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Join our 400+ volunteers and become a Citizen Scientist.

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Our unique batty products and financially support our work.

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Our unique batty products and financially support our work.

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We have two more great websites for you

An educational website aimed at 6-12 year olds with plenty of suggestions for activities, projects and art and crafts all on a batty theme.

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learnaboutbats.com

Help us better understand what Irish bats eat. Collect bat droppings and UCD will analyse them using state of the art techniques.

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Brown long-eared bat in flight

Many thanks to Paul van Hoof for the use of his fantastic bat photographs used on this page and throughout the site.

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Carmichael House,
4-7, North Brunswick Street,
Dublin 7
D07 RHA8

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Bat Conservation Ireland is a company limited by guarantee not having a share capital, registered in Dublin, Ireland.
Company registration number 494343. Charity Registration Number 20039417.

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