Company Fined After 150 Bats Died Following House Construction Work

Company fined after 150 bats died following house construction work

A construction company has been fined after a large number of bats were killed as a result of building work at a sheltered housing bungalow.

Construction firm fined over deaths of 150 bats in Lochmaben

The soprano pipistrelle bats died when the holes they used to enter and exit a building were blocked.

Glasgow construction firm fined after 150 bats died due to building work

A Glasgow-based construction company, City Building (Glasgow) LLP, has been fined £17,000 after pleading guilty to breaching animal conservation laws, following the death of approximately 150 protected bats during building work. The incident, which occurred between June and July 2023, involved the destruction of a Soprano Pipistrelle bat colony in a sheltered housing bungalow in Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire. The bats, a European protected species un…