Meeting a live flying-fox is the best way to dispel the myths about bats. Our volunteer education team has been giving talks with unreleasable flying-foxes since 1985. In this section you will find activities for children, videos, posters and resources, useful links, and recordings of what bats actually sound like.
The education flying-foxes are cared for at Walkabout Wildlife Sanctuary at Calga, NSW. Your donations to the Ku-ring-gai Bat Conservation Society support these flying-foxes.
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- Bats for kids — activities and facts for younger bat fans
- Bat videos — documentaries and short films about Sydney's bats
- Resources & posters — printable material, including the microbats of Sydney poster
- Useful links — trusted sources for more on bats
What do bats sound like?
Recorded by Tim Pearson at Bellingen, this morning soundscape captures flying-fox squeaks, squeals and chatter, with Eastern whipbirds calling in the forest behind them.
Flying-fox soundscape, Bellingen
A morning of flying-fox vocals and forest birdsong.
Read more about measuring sound and noise near the camp →