Lincolnshire Bat Rescue

02/12/2025

An article about one of our volunteers who rescued a bat from his own school! We'll be keeping you up-to-date with the latest updates about the little bat over winter.

08/11/2025

This week, a male Pipistrelle was both unlucky and lucky...

Somehow, he was separated from his colony when they went off to their hibernacular for the winter and, as he was likely born this year, he didn't know where it was so returned to the maternity roost. Realising that nobody was there, he became determined to find them and during his search, he got himself stuck in the office of a primary school. Unlucky bat 😔

In a turn of fortune, a Teaching Assistant at the school he had chosen to get trapped in is none other than one of our volunteer carers! Lucky bat!

Our volunteer rescued him from his despairing situation and has taken him home to look after him over the winter, with the aim of reuniting him with his colony when they return in the spring!

Who knows what would've happened to him if he'd chosen another school or anywhere else to get himself trapped!

Our volunteer will be doing some work with the school children to teach them about bats and the importance they have within wildlife and our environment, as well as asking them to come up with a name for him! There will also be invitations for the school children to come along with their parents on the night of the release next spring!

This scenario could've been disastrous for the little bat but he will be properly looked after until he can be released and he will also be a little mascot in some ways, and a real ambassador for bats by giving us the opportunity to engage the school and local community to educate them about bats as well as giving them the knowledge of who to call if they are ever to find a bat themselves.

We will be posting updates throughout the winter about this lovely little Pipistrelle, who is already doing very well in our care and he should be getting a second shot at life with his colony.

*Gloves should always be worn when handling a bat unless by a trained individual.

19/09/2025

🦇🦇🦇 SPECIAL INVITATION 🦇🦇🦇

You are invited to attend the release of a Brown Long-Eared bat, named 'Packham', this evening.

The release will be at approximately 19:15 and is at Rope Walk, Lincoln University.

If you would like to attend and would like directions, please call us on 07714760211.

We hope you can join us to witness this truly magical moment.

Many thanks,
Lincolnshire Bat Rescue

15/09/2025

Some of our previews encounters with local bats. Here's one from last spring that had found himself in a science lab at a school. He was successfully released a few weeks later 😍

03/09/2025

We know all about Barbastelles as we had two rescues come into our care last summer!

Sadly we couldn't save the juvenile male who succumbed to poisoning however this is Dolly, a juvenile female, and she lived with one of our carers for almost two weeks before being released back into the wild where she was found!

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03/09/2025

Thank you so much to Taylor-Made Moments for visiting us and capturing these beautiful shots of these gorgeous creatures! 😍🦇

25/08/2025

Here's an article from a few months ago about a bat we rescued that was caught in fly trap paper.

Fly trap paper is a far-too-common threat to bats and can cause them to be caught up and stuck, unable to fly and - more importantly - hunt. If they do manage to be rescued, the glue used causes them severe distress as they still cannot fly and even the process of cleaning them up is stressful and can be painful for the bats. Commonly, they try and groom themselves and end up ingesting the glue which is usually harmful.

Please, help maintain the balance of the ecosystem by using alternative methods to fly trap paper.

Read more below.

From all the team at Lincolnshire Bat Rescue 🦇

The bat had become trapped in a fly trap inside the Joseph Banks Centre in Horncastle.

31/07/2025

Just a few pictures of some bats rescued last summer. Each picture has a caption with some more detail.

If you discover a bat where it shouldn't be, please call the number with the details of this page - available 24/7, 365 days a year. We will never turn down a bat in need of rescue.

30/07/2025

This juvenile male pipistrelle was brought into care last night by a caring and concerned member of the public, found on the driveway in the afternoon - not a place that a bat should be!

Fast-forward 24hrs and 'General Bela' is doing much better: feeding well, gaining and maintaining weight - and even taking himself off to the watering hole.