This box is particularly useful for incorporating into new buildings to attract bats or when renovating existing buildings with bats and there is a desire to provide new roost sites. The box should be cemented into the wall. The removable front panel allows for easy cleaning. W here to site your box. Your box is much more likely to be used if it is sited near to somewhere where there is a source of food.
Bats feed over gardens, fields, water and in woodlands.
Find a tall mature tree in your garden and fix the box at a height of 4 metres above the ground with the access facing south west or south east. If you do not have a tree of 4 metres in height you can place it lower but you are less likely to attract some species such as the Noctule. You can also put a box on the side of your house. If you do this, try and put it somewhere which is not too exposed so it will not experience extremes of heat and cold. Often, good results can be obtained by putting a number of boxes in one area.