Grounded bat in our back garden

Pineapple1

Hi, we discovered a bat (common pipistrelle type I think) 3 days ago crawling across our patio where he then crawled under the wall of the house. 3 days later we discovered he has moved a couple of metres away. He is not dead because he is changing position every so often.

What can we do for him? How do bats find themselves in this position? I have tried googling WHY bats become grounded but found no answers. How come he has not flown away by now?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

I assume he isn't leaving at night and returning at daylight.


It's not always clear why a bat is grounded. Contract www.batconservationireland.org.

Graces7

Years ago we had one that managed to get into the downpipe from roof to ground. The dog alerted us.

I called the local bat experts, who i knew already, and as they directed, coaxed it gently out then carefully put it on the ledge high in the shed where we knew they nested.

Glass fused light

Glove up if trying to handle the bat. Some of them may have a rabies causing virus.

Graces7

Glass fused light wrote: »

Glove up if trying to handle the bat. Some of them may have a rabies causing virus.

Indeed yes; thank you . I folded it into a thick cloth. Lovely creatures. We worked out it had kind of fallen into the top of the down pipe then not been able to negotiate the end part. Had the dog not alerted?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Gloves are really to protect against a bite. Rabies remains a threat, of course, but the last reported case in Ireland was 1902.

snowstreams

I found one in my house the other night.
I had left the windows open during the warm night and found this downstairs in the hall the morning.
Was it a pipistrelle?
What is the best way to release them?

I slid cardboard under him and left him outside on a tree branch.
He sat there looking around for 5 minutes. I left and came back 5 mins later and he was gone.
I hope a magpie etc didnt get him.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Sounds like he'll be fine.