ABOUT BAT CONSERVATION AND RESCUE QLD
Bat Conservation and Rescue Qld
is a registered not-for-profit volunteer organization that strives to help people understand the importance
of all bat species, to provide a prompt and humane rescue service, to raise orphans and to rehabilitate injured bats before returning them to the wild.
BCRQ offers this free 24/7 community service all year round including public holidays.
I HAVE FOUND A BAT
SEEK HELP – PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH BATS!
CALL OUR RESCUE HOTLINE ON 0488 228 134
If a bat bites or scratches a human, it may have to be destroyed and sent for testing for Australian Bat Lyssavirus – do not risk the bat’s life or your health. Only people trained and Rabies vaccinated should handle bats.
A flying-fox hanging on overhead power lines may still be alive. Even if dead, it may be a mother with a live baby tucked up under her wing. Please call BCRQ immediately.
If you find a flying-fox caught on a barbed wire fence, please very carefully and without touching it, throw a towel over the bat to help keep it calm. Then call BCRQ immediately.
If you find a flying-fox caught in fruit tree netting, do not try and cut the bat out of the net but call BCRQ immediately.
If the bat is on the ground, please cover the bat with a cardboard box or a washing basket to contain it and call BCRQ immediately.
Any bat by itself through the day is in trouble.
Keep children and pets away from the bat to help minimise its stress and remember, NO TOUCH NO RISK!
HOW YOU CAN HELP
BECOME A MEMBER
Join as an active or associate member. BCRQ offers free training to members.
MAKE A DONATION
Donate via GoGive, Bank Transfer or PayPal.
All donations of $2.00 and over are tax deductible.
Baby bats are best raised by their bat mothers so we try to reunite healthy babies with their mums whenever conditions are right for this.![]()
A mother bats finds a baby she’s become separated from by flying around the area calling out. It’s a different call from any other sound a flying fox makes. The baby responds, mum hones in on the sound, they continue calling to each other, mum circles then lands, baby climbs on and they are together again. It’s a truly wonderful thing to see. ❤![]()
Sadly, most reunion attempts we make are unsuccessful.![]()
This was the case with sweet little Pikelet, who was found on the ground. That same afternoon, we took her back to a safe place nearby to see if her mum would come looking for her. Pikelet called her little heart out but for some unknown reason, her mum was unable to return.![]()
So Pikelet came back into care to be raised as an orphan.![]()
Thank you very much to Alison for picking her up so carefully, knowing not to touch, and giving us a call. Thanks also for her cute name. ❤![]()
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If you see a bat on its own in the daytime, it needs help. PLEASE DON’T TOUCH THE BAT and give us a call immediately on 0488 228 134 for Brisbane and surrounds, or your local wildlife rescue in other regions.
John is a very young black flying fox who owes his life to his big voice, calling for his mum, and to a very caring and curious man. Human John was walking his dog past a construction site one evening and heard squeaking coming from under a temporary fence post. Was it a mouse? He was intrigued enough to go back in daylight and, sure enough, could still hear this noise, so investigated further. Thank you so much for calling, John! ![]()
When our rescuer arrived, she peered under the fence post base and could hardly see baby John at all. He looked like a piece of black plastic in leaf litter at first.![]()
John is settling into care and will be lovingly raised with our other orphaned flying foxes, destined for return to the wild next year.![]()
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If you see a bat on its own in the daytime, it needs help. PLEASE DON’T TOUCH THE BAT and give us a call immediately on 0488 228 134 for Brisbane and surrounds, or your local wildlife rescue in other regions.
Luckie was just two weeks old when he was clinging to his mum while she was out foraging one night. She had a lovely feed in a tree that had lots of blossom on it. Unfortunately, this tree was beside a busy road and, as she flew off, she was struck by a vehicle. A wonderful person saw the pair by the road next morning and called us. A tag team of two of our rescuers rushed them to the RSPCA QLD wildlife hospital. Tragically, mum couldn’t be saved but she protected her baby and he is uninjured.![]()
We’ll lovingly raise him and return him to the wild next year. ❤🦇![]()
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If you see a bat on its own in the daytime, it needs help. PLEASE DON’T TOUCH THE BAT and give us a call immediately on 0488 228 134 for Brisbane and surrounds, or your local wildlife rescue in other regions.
Date claimer for our local friends. ![]()
This event will be fabulous and we will be there with a cute baby flying fox. ❤![]()
Pop in and say hi if you're in the area. 🦇
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Another one of our black flying fox girls in care has had a baby. Rose’s baby is six days old here and Rose is giving her bub a bath. Is her baby enjoying it do you think?![]()
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Baby season is not only our busiest time, it’s also when our expenses are highest.![]()
We’ll spend $120 to raise each of our little treasures and get them back to the wild. This includes milk formula, teats, dummies and medications and, later at creche, fruit and high protein supplement.![]()
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Would you consider a donation to help us raise these babies? We’d be so very grateful. ❤ Donations are tax deductible in Australia.![]()
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If you’re able to help, please go to bats.org.au/get-involved/donate/ or you can use the donate link at the top of this page. Thank you 🙏![]()
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If you see a bat on its own in the daytime, it needs help. PLEASE DON’T TOUCH THE BAT and give us a call immediately on 0488 228 134 for Brisbane and surrounds, or your local wildlife rescue in other regions.
Lady Ladda came into care after an epic rescue a few weeks ago. She’d been recuperating for 10 days when she gave birth to a beautiful baby!![]()
See her bub’s cute face peeking out from under her wings then ducking back under to hide. Later you can see the bub’s folded wing.![]()
Baby flying foxes don’t leave their mothers’ bodies for the first month or so of their life. Mums are very dedicated, loving and tactile. ❤![]()
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If you see a bat on its own in the daytime, it needs help. PLEASE DON’T TOUCH THE BAT and give us a call immediately on 0488 228 134 for Brisbane and surrounds, or your local wildlife rescue in other regions.
Himank is a sweet young grey-headed flying fox who was out foraging for his dinner one night when he mistook reflections in a window on an inner-city multi-story building for open space, flew into the glass, then fell to the ground. Thanks so much to the caring person who found him and called to get him help.![]()
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He was checked over that night by the wildlife vet team at RSPCA QLD then came into our care next day for some R&R before we’ll release him back to the wild. ![]()
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If you see a bat on its own in the daytime, it needs help. PLEASE DON’T TOUCH THE BAT and give us a call immediately on 0488 228 134 for Brisbane and surrounds, or your local wildlife rescue in other regions.
Orphan season has arrived for us. This dear little man is Bandit and he’s a black flying fox who’s only a few days old. He was heard crying while clinging to the trunk of a tree in a flying fox camp adjacent to a caravan park. Just above him was his mother who had sadly passed, we couldn’t tell why. Thank you so much to the caring person who called to get him help. He’ll be lovingly raised then released back to the wild in a few months’ time.![]()
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If you see a bat on its own in the daytime, it needs help. PLEASE DON’T TOUCH THE BAT and give us a call immediately on 0488 228 134 for Brisbane and surrounds, or your local wildlife rescue in other regions.
One of our data-loving members crunched a large amount of data on travel by our rescuers and we were so amazed we thought you’d like to see it.![]()
The graphic shows kilometres travelled in one year by our volunteers to rescue bats, then take them where they need to go for treatment after rescue. This is for just **one** Local Government Area (LGA), and we rescued in 17 LGAs that year!![]()
Our volunteers drove (mostly – there were some ferry trips) nearly 7,000kms!![]()
This LGA represented just 7% of the rescue calls we received that year.![]()
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This is a huge commitment. We thank our tireless rescuers who never give up on getting their bat and getting it the help it needs.![]()
If you’d like to help us help bats, please go to the donate button at the top of our page. Thank you so much. ❤![]()
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If you see a bat on its own in the daytime, it needs help. PLEASE DON’T TOUCH THE BAT and give us a call immediately on 0488 228 134 for Brisbane and surrounds, or your local wildlife rescue in other regions.
How Wolfie, the eastern broad-nosed bat, ended up in a dog bowl is a bit of a mystery. Although uninjured, he was brought into care for observation and some RnR. The moment he was introduced to mealworms, he couldn’t get enough of them! Wolfie didn’t meet a mealworm that he didn’t like - they were all lip-smacking good (apparently). The enthusiastic little foodie was released back to his home territory last week to wreak havoc on the local insect population.![]()
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If you see a bat on its own in the daytime, it needs help. PLEASE DON’T TOUCH THE BAT and give us a call immediately on 0488 228 134 for Brisbane and surrounds, or your local wildlife rescue in other regions.