Useful websites
All About Bats is my favourite website for learning about bats. It is packed full of activities, including colouring-in pages, interesting brochures, and even some classroom lessons designed to help grades 4 to 9 understand bats.
The Bat Conservation and Rescue Queensland website has loads of information about bats, tips on what to do if you find a bat, and, most importantly, who to call for assistance.
This website contains lots of information about many of our native animals and the environment. If you type ‘bats’ into the search box, you will find a whole heap of documents about different types of bats, and also about diseases.
Typing ‘bats and kids’ into this website will take you to a downloadable bat poster that you could put up in your school to help spread awareness about these creatures.
WIRES or the New South Wales Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Service has a great website packed with facts. If you search for ‘bats’ you will find lots of information, and emergency wildlife carer numbers to call. There are also some fun activities in the kids’ pages.
The Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland campaign for the survival of species and ecosystems. Their website is great for anyone who loves animals, as you can read all about different Australian mammals, birds, reptiles and so on. It features many topical articles about living with bats and the problems bats face.