🦇Little Wing Bat Haven
@littlewingbathaven.bsky.social
Registered, trained & vaccinated bat rehabilitation volunteer shelter on the Bass Coast, Australia
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People often ask us how they can help bats.
Here are a few tips on how everyone can do their bit, starting in your own garden ❤️🦇
#bats #🦇 #australianwildlife #microbats
Here are a few tips on how everyone can do their bit, starting in your own garden ❤️🦇
#bats #🦇 #australianwildlife #microbats
The 2025 ‘Australasian Bat Of The Year’- the Christmas Island Flying-fox is back in the news.
Dr Annabel Dorrestein talks to the ABC about the islands only remaining mammal after the Christmas Island Shrew has been declared extinct.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
#bats #christmasidland #extinction
Dr Annabel Dorrestein talks to the ABC about the islands only remaining mammal after the Christmas Island Shrew has been declared extinct.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
#bats #christmasidland #extinction
Christmas Island shrew added to international list of extinct species
A researcher says the long-suspected extinction of the mouse-sized mammal is "another stain" on Australia's environmental record.
www.abc.net.au
November 2, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The 2025 ‘Australasian Bat Of The Year’- the Christmas Island Flying-fox is back in the news.
Dr Annabel Dorrestein talks to the ABC about the islands only remaining mammal after the Christmas Island Shrew has been declared extinct.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
#bats #christmasidland #extinction
Dr Annabel Dorrestein talks to the ABC about the islands only remaining mammal after the Christmas Island Shrew has been declared extinct.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
#bats #christmasidland #extinction
Congratulations to the ‘Australasian Bat Of The Year’ winner- the Christmas Island Flying-fox (Pteropus melanotus natalis)!
#bats #🦇 #endangeredspecies
#bats #🦇 #endangeredspecies
October 31, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Congratulations to the ‘Australasian Bat Of The Year’ winner- the Christmas Island Flying-fox (Pteropus melanotus natalis)!
#bats #🦇 #endangeredspecies
#bats #🦇 #endangeredspecies
Thank you for celebrating bat week with us!
We’re finishing up the week with some things that everyone can do to help bats to ensure they thrive well into the future ❤️🦇
#batweek #bats #australianwildlife
We’re finishing up the week with some things that everyone can do to help bats to ensure they thrive well into the future ❤️🦇
#batweek #bats #australianwildlife
October 30, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Thank you for celebrating bat week with us!
We’re finishing up the week with some things that everyone can do to help bats to ensure they thrive well into the future ❤️🦇
#batweek #bats #australianwildlife
We’re finishing up the week with some things that everyone can do to help bats to ensure they thrive well into the future ❤️🦇
#batweek #bats #australianwildlife
October 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
October 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
October 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM
🦇The Australasian Bat Society are running the ‘Australasian Bat Of The Year’ competition! Vote for your favourite here:
www.facebook.com/share/p/1CzX...
#bats #🦇
www.facebook.com/share/p/1CzX...
#bats #🦇
October 27, 2025 at 3:30 AM
🦇The Australasian Bat Society are running the ‘Australasian Bat Of The Year’ competition! Vote for your favourite here:
www.facebook.com/share/p/1CzX...
#bats #🦇
www.facebook.com/share/p/1CzX...
#bats #🦇
October 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
October 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
1 membership for Bat Club please! 🥹
What can an 8-year-old teach us about bats? That they’re fascinating creatures and essential for healthy ecosystems🦇
Meet Talia, a fourth-grader who donated her birthday money to protect bats (Artwork by AE Bowers’ Grade 4 class, Airdrie AB)
Meet Talia, a fourth-grader who donated her birthday money to protect bats (Artwork by AE Bowers’ Grade 4 class, Airdrie AB)
October 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
1 membership for Bat Club please! 🥹
October 25, 2025 at 5:59 AM
The last week in October is best week of the year; it’s BAT WEEK!
Over the next week we will be sharing some of our favourite bat facts every day starting with some recent exciting news ❤️🦇
#bats #batweek #wildlifefacts
Over the next week we will be sharing some of our favourite bat facts every day starting with some recent exciting news ❤️🦇
#bats #batweek #wildlifefacts
October 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The last week in October is best week of the year; it’s BAT WEEK!
Over the next week we will be sharing some of our favourite bat facts every day starting with some recent exciting news ❤️🦇
#bats #batweek #wildlifefacts
Over the next week we will be sharing some of our favourite bat facts every day starting with some recent exciting news ❤️🦇
#bats #batweek #wildlifefacts
Recently we were asked about pups and how often they are born so we decided to create this spiffy little chart to show what Australian Microbats get up to all year long ❤️🦇
#bats #batmonth #australianwildlife
#bats #batmonth #australianwildlife
October 14, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Recently we were asked about pups and how often they are born so we decided to create this spiffy little chart to show what Australian Microbats get up to all year long ❤️🦇
#bats #batmonth #australianwildlife
#bats #batmonth #australianwildlife
“I’m going home?! Awww yesssssh!”
Sometimes it’s hard not to anthropomorphise bats when they have the most amazing expressions 🙊
📸Rehabilitated Lesser Long-eared Bat just before being released back to the wild
#bats #microbat #australianwildlife #🦇
Sometimes it’s hard not to anthropomorphise bats when they have the most amazing expressions 🙊
📸Rehabilitated Lesser Long-eared Bat just before being released back to the wild
#bats #microbat #australianwildlife #🦇
October 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM
“I’m going home?! Awww yesssssh!”
Sometimes it’s hard not to anthropomorphise bats when they have the most amazing expressions 🙊
📸Rehabilitated Lesser Long-eared Bat just before being released back to the wild
#bats #microbat #australianwildlife #🦇
Sometimes it’s hard not to anthropomorphise bats when they have the most amazing expressions 🙊
📸Rehabilitated Lesser Long-eared Bat just before being released back to the wild
#bats #microbat #australianwildlife #🦇
Next up in our species spotlights is the tiny but mighty Southern Forest Bat ❤️🦇
#bats #australianwildlife #🦇
#bats #australianwildlife #🦇
September 30, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Next up in our species spotlights is the tiny but mighty Southern Forest Bat ❤️🦇
#bats #australianwildlife #🦇
#bats #australianwildlife #🦇
The Guardian Australia, 15/9/2025
“Scientists fear this ‘cute’ and ‘chonky’ flying fox could be one cyclone away from extinction”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#bats #🦇
“Scientists fear this ‘cute’ and ‘chonky’ flying fox could be one cyclone away from extinction”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#bats #🦇
Scientists fear this ‘cute’ and ‘chonky’ flying fox could be one cyclone away from extinction
Christmas Island flying fox numbers have declined as endangered species left without recovery plan
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The Guardian Australia, 15/9/2025
“Scientists fear this ‘cute’ and ‘chonky’ flying fox could be one cyclone away from extinction”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#bats #🦇
“Scientists fear this ‘cute’ and ‘chonky’ flying fox could be one cyclone away from extinction”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#bats #🦇
🦇Zoos Victoria highlight a local threatened species through ‘Totes for Wildlife’. This year is the critically endangered Southern Bent-wing Bat! Artist Adam Parata has created a beautiful, unique design showcasing SBWB, which has been printed on tote bags:
www.zoo.org.au/totes/
#bats
www.zoo.org.au/totes/
#bats
September 9, 2025 at 4:29 AM
🦇Zoos Victoria highlight a local threatened species through ‘Totes for Wildlife’. This year is the critically endangered Southern Bent-wing Bat! Artist Adam Parata has created a beautiful, unique design showcasing SBWB, which has been printed on tote bags:
www.zoo.org.au/totes/
#bats
www.zoo.org.au/totes/
#bats
Today is Threatened Species Day.
Losing bats means losing natural pest control, essential seed dispersal, & vital pollination.
But there’s hope! Every rescued bat, protected habitat, & educated person makes a difference.
Together we can turn the tide ❤️🦇 #bats #threatenedspeciesday
Losing bats means losing natural pest control, essential seed dispersal, & vital pollination.
But there’s hope! Every rescued bat, protected habitat, & educated person makes a difference.
Together we can turn the tide ❤️🦇 #bats #threatenedspeciesday
September 7, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Today is Threatened Species Day.
Losing bats means losing natural pest control, essential seed dispersal, & vital pollination.
But there’s hope! Every rescued bat, protected habitat, & educated person makes a difference.
Together we can turn the tide ❤️🦇 #bats #threatenedspeciesday
Losing bats means losing natural pest control, essential seed dispersal, & vital pollination.
But there’s hope! Every rescued bat, protected habitat, & educated person makes a difference.
Together we can turn the tide ❤️🦇 #bats #threatenedspeciesday
Recently we were gifted this amazing sign by our friends at Little Natives Wildlife Shelter.Not only are volunteer wildlife carers compassionate, selfless, and hardworking, they’re also a talented bunch too!Thank you Ray & Alison;our new sign is proudly displayed on the door of our bat room ❤️🦇 #bats
August 27, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Recently we were gifted this amazing sign by our friends at Little Natives Wildlife Shelter.Not only are volunteer wildlife carers compassionate, selfless, and hardworking, they’re also a talented bunch too!Thank you Ray & Alison;our new sign is proudly displayed on the door of our bat room ❤️🦇 #bats
Last meal in care before being released back home to the wild ❤️🦇
🎥Adult male Little Forest Bat
#bats #🦇 #australianwildlife
🎥Adult male Little Forest Bat
#bats #🦇 #australianwildlife
August 20, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Last meal in care before being released back home to the wild ❤️🦇
🎥Adult male Little Forest Bat
#bats #🦇 #australianwildlife
🎥Adult male Little Forest Bat
#bats #🦇 #australianwildlife
People often ask us how they can help bats.
Here are a few tips on how everyone can do their bit, starting in your own garden ❤️🦇
#bats #🦇 #australianwildlife #microbats
Here are a few tips on how everyone can do their bit, starting in your own garden ❤️🦇
#bats #🦇 #australianwildlife #microbats
August 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
People often ask us how they can help bats.
Here are a few tips on how everyone can do their bit, starting in your own garden ❤️🦇
#bats #🦇 #australianwildlife #microbats
Here are a few tips on how everyone can do their bit, starting in your own garden ❤️🦇
#bats #🦇 #australianwildlife #microbats