The most likely culprit in this case is squirrels although a little investigation into the type of noise and hours of activity can help confirm your suspicions.
Noise in attic at dawn.
If the noise is during the day especially in the early morning or evening before sunset then it s almost surely squirrels.
Squealing sounds of heavy walking from the ceiling.
Always at about 5 00 in the morning.
It is hard to know what may be causing the noises in your wall.
Bats also make slight squeaking or a clicking noises.
Scratching noise at night in the attic.
Though bats are typically quiet nocturnal animals they do make high pitched screeching sounds around dusk or dawn.
Hearing noises in the attic in the early morning rules out nocturnal animals such as raccoons possums and rats.
It could be rodents but they tend to be most active at night.
Bats are nocturnal and usually move in and out of the soffits and eaves at dusk and return early dawn.
In addition to hearing consistent scratching sounds another important sign you have bats in the attic is high pitched screeches.
There are no droppings and no damage just some matted down insulation.
A scratching noise in your attic usually isn t a good sign.
Yes or at least you can narrow it down.
The time you hear it is a big clue.
Some of the most common include scratching sounds gnawing or chewing noises scampering and scurrying fluttering or flapping sounds or heavy thumps.
If the noise of the animal in the attic is at night it s probably raccoons rats or another nocturnal animal.
It could also be expansion noises from pipes or timbers these can happen at any time but are most common when things are warming or cooling.
Hearing high pitched attic noises.
Once you ve ruled out an intruder and other immediate causes for distress you may find you ve.
The animal is heavy enough to cause the ceiling to creek.
Most of the attic noises from bats will be a very slight scratching noises or wing flutter as they pull themselves with their wings through the soffits.
It could be birds and they tend to n be most active in their nest at dusk and dawn.
We have heard noises in the attic very infrequently three times now about 2 weeks apart.