Please note that bats receive legal protection from disturbance and harm and it is necessary to hold a survey licence from the relevant Statutory Nature Conservation Body to survey for bats in trees where this involves closely accessing tree features containing bats and using torches/endoscopes.

Bats and Ivy – Building the Evidence Base

We are calling for any information on bats roosting behind ivy. If you have a confirmed record of bats roosting behind ivy then please do submit with photos/a video for data validation processes, to the Bat Tree Habitat Key database via the form below. If you do not have the information to complete all the mandatory fields for the Bat Tree Habitat Key database, then do please send what information you have to bthk@bats.org.uk. Please also remember that the more records we have in the database, the better this resource will be for you – please do submit any tree roost records you have as soon as you can.