Tamworth’s flying-fox population has doubled in the past three days.
More than 100,000 bats now line the banks of the Peel River, with council at a standstill with what can be done.
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Tamworth’s flying-fox population has doubled in the past three days.
More than 100,000 bats now line the banks of the Peel River, with council at a standstill with what can be done.
I would refrain from stating that the bats are an infestation as this carries a negative connotation, these bats are natives not pest or parasites. Grey-headed Flying Foxes are a listed as threatened species under state and commonwealth legislation. Their numbers are in a state of rapid decline which is of serious environmental concern, they are migrating further a field in the search of food as their habitat has been decimated through urban development along the eastern coast.
How can the grey, and red bats be threatened when there are thousands upon thousands all around Australia??? You obviously do not live near them; they are so noisy and this can last all day and night and the stench is just unbearable. They leave their droppings anywhere and everywhere which can’t be cleaned up properly…..and they go forth and multiply by the hundreds/thousands. Quoting from a council letter…” we are currently experiencing a significant influx of little red flying foxes… This influx has expanded the resident population from roughly 30,000 to 180,000 individuals…..”