Welcome to the South Coast Bat Action Team
The South Coast Bat Action Team (SCBAT) is a new organization for bat conservation on the south coast of British Columbia. Our objectives are to:
- Increase knowledge on bats and bat roosts in British Columbia’s south coast region
- Work with conservation organizations to provide bat education
- Work with stakeholder groups to increase stewardship for bats on private and agricultural land
By helping bats, we help the entire environment. We are here to help you to learn more about the bats in your community!
What Does SCBAT Offer?
Here at SCBAT we want to help you help bats. We do this by providing expert advice and services free of charge to you and your community. BC Bats play an important role in the ecosystem as voracious consumers of insects. Bats are effective insect hunters, with many bats eating their body weight in insects each night! Bats are important creatures to have around. If you are interested in attracting, accommodating, or monitoring bats, or would like to attend or organize an educational bat night please email us at outreach@scbat.org
Do you do school visits on the North Shore?
Hi Kim, It’s great that you’re interested in learning more about bats. We would be happy to do a school visit on the North Shore. If you send an email to outreach@scbat.org with the details our outreach manager, Erin Rutherford, would be happy to arrange a presentation for you. Thank You.
Would like to have some bats at my house…
what do I have to do to introduce bats to the neighbourhood?
I have a two large gardens on the property, composters, greenhouses, beehives…
Awesome Website! Thanks for all the bat info
Awesome work guys, keep it up!!!!!
Hey, I think you guys are doing a wonderful job. I read through your info and I learned alot of things I never knew about bats. I hope you get help with the funding you need to continue this important work. Good Luck.
Caroline
The siding of of the Farmhouse I live in has been a bat home for at least 35 years most likely as long as the house has been there ~ 100 years. Every Late Spring-Early Summer the bats make their return. Recently theri numbers have been very low, leading me to think there are predators like cats affecting them. Is there a way that I can build a ‘Bat House’ that is away from my house and safe from predators?
Thanks
I am a teacher in Coquitlam BC. We are planning a unit on bats and would love to have any information on the topic or websites I can use to support the unit. Are there any places we can go for support in our area? Could we schedule guest speakers or even an in school information/presentation on bats?
We plan on doing a few weeks of class work to build up any field trip or guest speakers we might have come in.
Your ideas are welcome and appreciated!
Thank you.
Raymond