These Guidance Notes cover most aspects of bat conservation and their lives on National Trust properties.

With the legislation protecting bats and their roost sites it is important that we proceed with caution where bats are involved. In addition there are notes on how to improve the roosting or feeding places for bats.

List of bat guidance notes:

1. Bat catching, marking, handling and welfare in captivity
   PDF/96KB
2. Bat surveys
   PDF/94KB
3. Bat droppings and urine on artefacts
   PDF/86KB
4. Pesticides and bats
   PDF/94KB
5. Events, concerts and bats
   PDF/90KB
6. Bats and the law
   PDF/135KB
7. Bats and trees
   PDF/104KB
8. Bats and wildlife corridors
   PDF/93KB
9. Bats indoors
   PDF/102KB
10. Bats and blunder traps
    PDF/83KB
11. Building works and maintenance, and bat roosts
    PDF/136KB
12. Education and bats
    PDF/95KB
13. Feeding areas for bats
    PDF/95KB
14. Fire doors, smoke and burglar alarms at bat roosts
    PDF/96KB
15. Hibernacula for bats
    PDF/94KB
16. Inspection of bat roosts and hibernacula
    PDF/122KB
17. Providing bat roosting places
    PDF/93KB