3 Quick Tips to Get You Started

Building your own bat house is a great way to get involved in bat conservation. Below we've provided three quick tips for you to get started.

Learn How to Build a Bat House

Building your own bat house is a great way to get involved in bat conservation. Bat Conservation International (BCI) has designs for three different types of roosts: single chamber, four-chamber, and rocket boxes. To get these three designs click below!

Learn How to Build a Bat House

Building your own bat house is a great way to get involved in bat conservation. Bat Conservation International (BCI) has designs for three different types of roosts: single chamber, four-chamber, and rocket boxes. To get these three designs for FREE complete the form below!

Bats prefer roosts mounted on buildings or other large wooden or concrete structures to those mounted on poles or on trees (not recommended). But pole mounts work well in climates that are moderate to hot, without extreme variance between day and night temperatures.

If more than one roost is desired, begin by testing a few in different places. You can mount them next to each other on a building, painted or stained different colors, or on poles back-to-back, a light one facing north and a darker one south. Bats are more likely to move into roosts grouped three or more together.

Best siting is 20’-30’ from the nearest trees and at least 10’ (from the bottom of the roost)—12’-20’ is better—above ground (or above the tallest vegetation beneath the bat house). Locations nearest an area’s largest water sources are the most successful—preferably ¼ mile or less.