1991 - 2006. EUROBATS celebrates its 15th anniversary

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8 EUROBATS Publication Series No 1 Countries willing to implement the stipulations of the Agreement. Unfortunately we know of several exam- ples where the protection of important summer and winter roosts is not given adequate priority, or where the protection of important foraging areas and migration routes is not taken into consideration in planning and assessment studies. NABU therefore asks the responsible bodies to increase their efforts by the implementation of resolutions and articles of the common Action Plan and to give EUROBATS more strength to protect bats and their habitats. Dr. Christine Harbusch Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU) E-mail: ProChirop@aol.com
1991-2006 • EUROBATS celebrates its 15 th anniversary Bat conservation in the Republic of Ireland by Conor Kelleher and Ferdia Marnell The Republic of Ireland is a small na- tion of four million people. Set as it is off the European mainland it is warmed by the Gulf Stream which originates in the Caribbean and ensures that the climate is mild and damp with few extremes. Much of the countryside is of improved agricultural grassland which supports various livestock but also consists of arable crops and natural habitats in the form of mountain, bog, coniferous and deciduous woodlands, coasts and many lakes and rivers. There are also areas of exposed limestone karst such as the Burren with associated caves. Urban areas include the main cities of Dublin, Cork, Galway and Limerick. Urban areas have become industrialised with much manufacturing especially in the technology sector. Being an island, the mammal fauna diversity is poor with only 28 species recorded (although a further 24 species of cetacean occur in Irish coastal waters!). Many of the original mammalian inhabitants were lost during the ice age, but subsequently some species managed to colonise bef-ore the land bridges to Britain and the continent were severed. Others were introduced by man over the centuries. Ten bat species are currently known to be resident and two others are suspected but not proven. Three of the resident species have been discovered in the last 10 years as a direct result of the growing interest in bat conservation. Many of these species are at the northern and western extreme of their European distribution. Two species are especially important: Leisler’s bat Nyctalus leisleri and the lesser horseshoe Rhinolophus hipposideros. The former has its European stronghold in Ireland and the latter’s population is second only to that of Wales with an estimated national population of 9, 00. Ireland’s bat friendly habitats have suffered throughout history as ancient broadleaved woodland was decimated for ship building, leather production and other reasons. The national area under woodland was reduced to less than 1% by the 19th Century. This has recovered to 8% in the present day, but this is mainly made up of non-native coniferous species for commercial forestry. Loss of native woodland has resulted in extinctions of important bird species whose presence would have been beneficial for bats e.g. woodpeckers. The History of Bat Research Bat research in Ireland was initially undertaken by rich Victorians in the latter half of the 19th and into the early 20th Century but then declined until the 1970s when it was resurrected by universities. In 1976, the Wildlife Act was enacted which ensured protection for all bat species in the Republic. A national bat survey was subsequently undertaken by the government during the mid 1980s. The first bat group was then 9
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