Batting 4 Bats in Bairnsdale, Victoria | Tour agent

Batting 4 Bats

Locality: Bairnsdale, Victoria

Phone: +61 490 096 829

Address: Riverine Street 3888 Bairnsdale, VIC, Australia

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25.01.2022 The Tolga Bat Hospital have started putting soft white irrigation pipe around the top line of barbed wire fencing to alert the bats to the fence's presence. This should be applied everywhere where flying fox populations exist. Let's start asking farmers in Gippsland

24.01.2022 It's baby season for Flying Foxes This beautiful little girl was found clinging low to a tree at Bairnsdale's maternal colony today. Babies should still be w...ith their mothers at the moment as they are too small to fend for themselves. This girl was found without her mum and was therefore vulnerable to many hazards - for example predation by dogs, cats and even hassling from Magpies, dehydration and starvation. Trained, vaccinated bat rescuer and carer, Ary from Bat and Roo Wildlife Shelter was called and promptly rescued the little babe. Ary quickly assessed she was dehydrated and had an empty tummy. It is possible and likely that this baby's mum may have met with barbed wire, fruit netting or electrocution and therefore didn't return to the juvenile creche at the colony over the preceding evenings to feed her baby. Babe has since moved lower and lower down the tree as she grew weaker. She is in an introduced Plane Tree which really isn't suitable habitat for flying foxes - the bark is smooth and the branches thick so it's very hard for babies to find anything to hold onto. There is no understory in this area to regulate heat and humidity, while the road that passes underneath throws out a lot of heat. Flying foxes need continuous vegetation (comprising things such as herbaceous plants, vines, shrubs and smaller trees) from the ground up to the lower canopy to keep their habitat slightly cooler and more humid on hot days and to give them somewhere to climb lower into to shelter. There could be anywhere up to and above 50,000 Grey-headed Flying-foxes at the Bairnsdale colony at the moment due to a massive native blossoming event in the region. These swelling numbers of bats has meant some bats at the colony have been forced to move into the unfavourable and dangerous Plane Tree area due to lack of suitable habitat. East Gippsland Shire Council cleared a third of their more suitable habitat at the colony several years ago. It was in this Plane tree area where up to 3000 of them died during a summer heat stress event in January 2019. This baby has been taken into care, however Ary will return with the baby during the evening to see whether the mother might (if still alive) come to claim her baby. This baby was lucky in that she was rescued. Many other babies may not be seen or rescued and will die of starvation. The Grey-headed Flying-fox is listed as vulnerable to extinction by the federal and state governments and the IUCN. Their conservation should be a high priority. They perform irreplaceable and vital roles in Australian ecosystems, including the pollination of native forests. They are the only species to do this over long distances. Without them, we will see forests collapse. If you see a juvenile flying fox by themselves during the day, injured, or low down on the trunk or low branches, on the ground and/or away from the rest of the colony please call Wildlife Victoria who will send a trained and vaccinated person to rescue them. You can stay with the baby till the rescuer turns up but don't attempt to touch or pick them up. YOU MUST BE APPROPRIATELY TRAINED AND VACCINATED AGAINST AUSTRALIAN BAT LYSSAVIRUS TO HANDLE BATS. Wildlife Victoria : 03 84007300

23.01.2022 Refreshing to see a Council being pro-active for flying foxes They actually seem to care about them and value their role in ecology

23.01.2022 There's a party every night @ the Bairnsdale colony! These guys and gals are just trying to do their job keeping the forests healthy for us all, spreading pollen and feeding their babies - the next generation of forest managers. Why do humans make it so damn hard for them? Our wish for 2021 : See an end to the use of barbed wire fencing (or at the very least, cover the top 2 strands in shade cloth) and unsafe fruit netting. Unsafe fruit netting will be banned in Victoria f...rom September 1, 2021. People need to honour this and not use old netting they have sitting around at home. Start now! #wildlifefriendlyfencing

22.01.2022 If you're ever out Cowarr way..

21.01.2022 Thinking of Adelaide today and crossing fingers for us in Vic tomorrow

20.01.2022 YESSS!!! Brilliant news. Authorities are finally catching on

20.01.2022 Hello good folk! Today is the last day to make a submission opposing the dangerous and inappropriate 1675 ha open-cut Fingerboards heavy mineral sands mine up wind from Bairnsdale in East Gippsland. Don't be overwhelmed - a short letter will suffice. [See submission website below - it has easy to follow instructions. Also see useful links on the issues and help with what to say.]...Continue reading

17.01.2022 What a wonderful project

14.01.2022 We are pleased to present the stars of this short film.....Flying Foxes and Microbats!! Please take a moment to view and share Episode 4 of the Wildlife Rescue... 101 Film Series proudly brought to you by Animal Rescue Cooperative (ARC), WIRES, Bats QLD, Currumbin Wildlife Hospital Foundation, Matt Barwick Films and Green Heroes! . . . . #greenheroes #beagreenhero #sharingplanetearth #BeKindToEveryKind #kindnessmatters #australianwildlife #wilddefenders See more

12.01.2022 A helping hand After a good feed, a rescued female Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) pup is comforted and soothed to sleep on what is called a 'm...umma roll’, in a wildlife carer’s home. Baby Grey-headed Flying-foxes seem to find comfort in clinging to these ‘mumma roles’, and often like holding onto their carers as well. Grey-headed Flying-foxes are keystone species, vital long distance pollinators and forest regenerators, helping over 100 species of plants survive. Without them, many forests are at risk. Currently listed as vulnerable to extinction, significant threats include continued habitat destruction and increasing heat stress events. #flyingfox #greyheadedflyingfox #mammal #bat #vulnerable #keystonespecies #conservation #conservationphotography #wildliferescue #wildlifecare #animalwelfare #habitatdestruction #wildlifephotography International League of Conservation Photographers ILCP Nature Picture Library

11.01.2022 ABC's 'Reputation Rehab' tonight examined the public shaming of covid. Worth catching on iView if you missed it! 'They get inside the minds of shamers and shamees, from someone who was topless beach-shamed, to the Tik Tok influencer who licked a toilet seat, and the biggest Covid collateral victim of all: bats.' https://tvblackbox.com.au//the-public-shaming-of-covid-t/

10.01.2022 BERNIE BAT I have seen almost too many Bernie/mitten memes, but this one takes the cake and fits our interest in animal behavior. Creator: Michael LoPresti facebook.com/michael.lopresti.14

10.01.2022 https://www.abc.net.au//flying-foxes-rescued-bur/100413236

08.01.2022 Great news for NSW bats

06.01.2022 Here's the story on bats from the other night

05.01.2022 Lovely article from a few months ago

03.01.2022 great flow chart here - where bats feature :-)

03.01.2022 So much respect for these awesome creatures and mothers