Is this bats?

[RobRainford]

Noticed this hole in an alder today, dont know whether its bats or not?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

NO:biggrin:

[sloth]

Is there no cavity? No scratch marks, and the 'oil' or 'droppings' looks more like exudates from the tree. Recent woodpecker damage perhaps?

[RobRainford]

Is there no cavity? No scratch marks, and the 'oil' or 'droppings' looks more like exudates from the tree. Recent woodpecker damage perhaps?

 

woodpecker is more of a possibility, we have bats in the farm buildings, but rarely seen anything to indicate them around the woodland here.

 

NO:biggrin:

 

Simple enough answer cheers

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

 

 

 

Simple enough answer cheers

 

Simple question, simple answer:thumbup:

 

 

it may be squirells chewing out the soft rotten wood, many animals will do so in order to make a home in heartwood decayed trees:thumbup1:

 

its only later that bats find it a home, they tend to be nomadic and oportunistic

[Doug Blease]

I am glad people are starting to think 'BAT?' before felling.

 

This cavity looks unlikely as it is wet, but you can never say NO bats, especially from a photo. The language should be 'low, or negligible potential'. Just because a bat isnt at home the day you check, doesnt mean its not a bat roost.

 

The BCT bat survey guidelines are available as a free download and it contains a chapter specifically on trees which should help you categorise tree roost potential. However, the regulator (NE, SNH, LPA) will require an experienced/qualified eye to catagorically state the potential of a tree to host bats.

 

The law is very clear and although unliked by some contractors - it is in place to protect sensitive species on a European scale.

 

By this I mean, some may think that certain bat species are abundant in the UK, but this is not the case on an international scale, therfore we should adhere to the legislation and as people who work in potential bat habitats on a daily basis, we should welcome the opportunity to make a positive difference to biodiversity.

[David Humphries]

.............................................................................and as people who work in potential bat habitats on a daily basis, we should welcome the opportunity to make a positive difference to biodiversity.

 

 

 

Fine post Doug

 

 

 

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[cirlus]

Fine post Doug

 

 

 

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[David Goss]

Having done many bat surveys prior to felling on big jobs and never having found any bats I have a question... If I was just doing a random tree in a back garden or wherever and suddenly realised there was a bat in the tree, what should I do next? Can they be put in another hole somewhere and they will sort themselves out when it gets dark? Or is it more complicated than that? Would be interesting to know what can be done, seeing as bat surveys cost money and joe bloggs public mainly won't be giving a toss about paying any extra, so I guess this could happen from time to time.

[David Humphries]

Having done many bat surveys prior to felling on big jobs and never having found any bats I have a question... If I was just doing a random tree in a back garden or wherever and suddenly realised there was a bat in the tree, what should I do next? Can they be put in another hole somewhere and they will sort themselves out when it gets dark? Or is it more complicated than that? Would be interesting to know what can be done, seeing as bat surveys cost money and joe bloggs public mainly won't be giving a toss about paying any extra, so I guess this could happen from time to time.

 

My understanding of it, is that a person can't hold/move a bat with out the correct license.

 

If you find bats during a job, you should really stop & inform the local bat group or natural england.

(not what most probably want to hear or even do)

 

They are a legally protected group of species.

 

 

Any client that wants to run the gauntlet of european legislation should be given the appropriate forewarning of what it may cost.

 

 

Bats and the law

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