The National Bat Helpline can answer your questions and concerns about bats and give you advice on bat care, building works and reporting bat crime.
The National Bat Helpline is experiencing a very large volume of calls at the moment, please bear with us
Call us on 0345 1300 228
May to September (peak season)
Monday - Friday 9:30am - 4:30pm
From 6pm - 10pm (weekdays) and 10am - 10pm (weekends and bank holidays) there is an Out of Hours Helpline which is run by volunteers and is for emergency calls only.
October to April (non-peak season)
Monday - Friday 9:30am - 4:30pm
Found a bat while the Helpline is closed? Find out who else you can contact
About the National Bat Helpline
Volunteer taking calls for the National Bat Helpline
The National Bat Helpline receives over 14,000 enquiries each year from building and planning professionals, householders with bat roost questions, and members of the public who have found injured and grounded bats. As a result, thousands of bats and their roosts are conserved.
The Helpline relies on the hard work and dedication of hundreds of volunteers. This includes bat carers who rehabilitate injured bats, roost visitors who help homeowners with bat roosts and volunteers that answer phones on the Out of Hours Helpline in the summer.
To find out more about the National Bat Helpline download our Annual Report by clicking here.
Volunteer on the National Bat Helpline!
For more information on volunteering for the Out of Hours project, please click here.